blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
Amazon River; Rio Amazonas
counter-current; adverse tide; regurgitation (of blood)
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
tightly packed; full to capacity; jam-packed
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
extermination; annihilation
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
rank; ranking order; hierarchy
to take command; to give direction
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
protocol (in communications); protocol (diplomatic document); protocol (system of rules); protocol (of a scientific experiment or course of medical treatment)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to encamp; to take up positions
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
black; black (coffee); without cream or milk; exploitative (esp. of employees); overly harsh; boldface
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to overflow from something full
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
protracted war; war of attrition