terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
Western countries; (former) Western Bloc countries
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
posterity; future life; life to come
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
great cause; moral law; justice
democratization; democratisation
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
Tsushima (former province located on Tsushima Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture); Tsushima (island)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
descendant; posterity; offspring
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
aggression; invasion; raid
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
impossible to do (although wants to)
to rest one's chin in one's hands