as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
writing; composition; essay; sentence
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
icefish (Salangidae spp., esp. the Japanese icefish, Salangichthys microdon); noodlefish; whitebait
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
sign; mark; symbol; sign (e.g. positive, negative)
to replace; to move; to change the position of
military authorities; army circles
wastepaper; scrap of paper; paper scraps
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
outbreak of war; starting a war
remedial measure; countermeasure; counter-measure; relief measure; remedy
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
news; word; tidings; omen
to stop (plug) one's ears
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
dispute; argument; contention
suppressed laugh; smile; giggle; chuckle
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
turmoil; chaos; confusion
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
joint struggle; common (united) front
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
reason; logic; method; system; order