recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
woollen material; woollen goods or fabric
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
characteristic quality; special character; one's function; one's duty; fief; inherited estate
setting a bad example to others
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
urgency; exigency; emergency
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to become tense; to be tightened; to become firm (e.g. body)
on the desk; theoretical; academic; armchair (e.g. plan)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
fine castle; famous castle
surrender (fall) of a castle
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
stockpile; reserves; storing; stocking up; laying in (supplies)
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
strategist; tactician; schemer
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed