armed forces; military; troops
disputed territory; conflict area
war; fighting; fierce competition
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
society; public; community; social studies
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
program (e.g. TV); programme
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
that's a different matter; that's a different story
(being) worth seeing; impressive
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
how many people; a number of people
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
to talk; to chat; to chatter
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
imagination; supposition; guess
to become pale; to turn pale
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling