comprehension; understanding
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
competing; competition; auction
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180 ml; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 square meters; one-tenth of the distance from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
grey moustache; gray mustache; white beard
to dig up; to unearth; to uncover
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
command; lead; generalship; leadership
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
leader; originator; moving spirit; prime mover
to stop; to abort; to discontinue; to close
event; phenomenon; matter
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
but; however; provided that
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
compassionate; sympathetic
to remember; to recall; to call to mind; to imagine; to picture in one's mind; to visualize
spinning mill; cotton mill
general mobilization; full mobilization
factory; plant; mill; workshop
world history; international history
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
United Kingdom; UK; Britain; England
to play a central role; to take a leading part