unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
bet; wager; stake; gamble
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
body; group; party; company; troupe
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
patriarch; head of a family
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
beautification; glorification
cooperation; collaboration
way of writing; manner of writing; penmanship (esp. used in old textbooks); calligraphy; format (e.g. of a report); stroke order of a character
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
total energy; all efforts
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
moderate faction; moderates
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
tide; current; tendency; trend
firmly rooted; deep-seated
in general; generally; mostly; gist; point; main idea
good (place to leave off); convenient
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious