to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
fine castle; famous castle
to fade into dusk; to fade into twilight; to decline; to wane; to look melancholic (of a person)
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
famous scene (e.g. in a movie or play)
violent emotion; passion; fury
being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable; being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
feudal lord; head of a household; proudly independent person
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
opposite; reverse; contrary
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
tag (children's game); tig
new discovery; new invention
(car) dealer; (card) dealer; (foreign exchange) dealer
(earthenware) mortar (for grinding)
huge win; overwhelming victory
passion for gambling; fondness for speculation; speculative spirit
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
cold bath; taking a cold bath
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton
incompetent; have no merit
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
mechanism; mechanics; machines; mechanic
as you see; as you can see
up until now; as recently as the present