quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
chronological order; time series
study; research; investigation
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
mobilization; mobilisation
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
intercept; interception; counter-attack
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
whole story; full picture; full particulars
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
way to go!; attaboy!; hear, hear!