doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
military system; military organization; military organisation
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
neighbouring country; neighboring country; adjacent country
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
home area; home town; local
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
noted family; noble family; prestigious school, organization, business, etc.
one's family; family member
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
winning over; placation; gentle persuasion
southern army (e.g. in a civil war; esp. the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War)
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
not limited to; not just ...
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
connection; link; relationship
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
namely; that is (to say); in other words
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism