castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
such; like that; that sort of
meaning; significance; sense
omen; fortune; effect (e.g. of prayers; as the result of intense training); efficacy
place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
is that so?; I see; right; oh
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned