annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to look after (often medically); to take care of
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
region south of Tokyo on Pacific Ocean side of Japan; eastern sea; East Sea (Korean name for Sea of Japan)
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
to add to one's circle of friends (or colleagues, etc.); to take in; to accept
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
residence; housing; residential building
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
proposal; motion; recommendation
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
arbitration; intercession; mediation
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
same crime; being equally guilty
to some degree; up to a point; to some extent
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
dysfunction (often medical); malfunction; insufficiency
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to be too busy; to be occupied; to concentrate on single-mindedly
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
main course (of a river); mainstream; main current (e.g. of thought)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in