mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
fort; stronghold; fortification
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
how; in what way; how about
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
profitable plan; good plan
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
recovery; rescue; recapture
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
I see; that's right; indeed
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept