allied nation; ally; Central Powers (in WWI)
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
spreading; infesting; running rampant
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
order of chivalry; chivalric order
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
number of persons; personnel
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
unwritten law; common law; unwritten rule
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
town; city; municipal; urban
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
19th day of the month; 19 days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
attendee; participant; person present
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
audible range; hearing range
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
each ministry; each province (of China)
to bow one's head; to hang one's head; to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees
cheerful expression; pleased look; joyful look
the same rank; equality; apposition
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
hesitation; hindrance; washroom
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
attendance; participation; presence
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
symphonic music; symphony
to boil; to seethe; to roil (e.g. waterfall, torrent); to foam; to well up (of emotions); to overflow (e.g. fighting spirit)
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring