securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
March; third month of the lunar calendar
attack; drive; advance; invasion
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
journal; magazine; periodical
contribution (e.g. to newspaper)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
error; mistake; slip; bug
to be prolonged; to drag on
conquest; domination; mastery
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
Western Europe; the West; the Occident; Europe
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
if it is the case that ...
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
under control (e.g. of territory)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
further; farther; furthermore; all the more; even more
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
yellow race; Mongoloid race
a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid