even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
chair; stool; post; office; position
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
topic of discussion; agenda
national border; provincial border
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to concern; to be related
countermeasure; counter-measure
our country; our land; one's own country
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
emperor (of Japan); mikado