advanced level; high grade; senior
biography of a brave fighter; heroic saga; chivalric romance; tale of one's heroism; episode of bravery; acts of violence
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
absorption; suction; attraction
dealing with; coping with
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
aggression; invasion; raid
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
person who has rendered distinguished service
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
basin (e.g. between mountains)
territorial right; dominion
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
deterrent effect; chilling effect; restraining effect
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
discipline; punishment; reprimand
safe; strongbox; cashbox; depository; cash office; treasury
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
1000 sheets (of paper); many pages; book tripe; bible tripe; leaf tripe
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
capital; funds; seed money; asset
development; exploitation
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
continuation; succession; series
how many years; how long; what year
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
to be on track; to be going to plan; to enter orbit
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
taking turns; in rotation
hard (life); tough (world)
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
otherwise; or else; if not
slightly early; just before
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money