great war; great battle; world war
enmity; antagonism; hostility
right in the midst of; right at the height of
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
the ocean; the great deep
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
self-interest; selfish desire
self-purification; self-cleansing
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
true to one's name; living up to one's name
turning point; change; transition; (arch.) point of difference
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
countermeasure; counter-measure
certainty; reality; regular; permanent; samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
compensating; making up for; supplementation
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
structure of an artwork; pictorial design; pictures inserted in a book
that country; (arch.) nirvana
articles made out of paper (by hand); paperware