grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
this (very thing); this precisely
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to rule over; to govern; to command; to integrate; to consolidate; to unite
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
in case of; at that time; at this time
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
scorpion (Scorpiones spp.)
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be expensive; to be costly
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
accurate; correct; precise; exact
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
failure; mistake; blunder
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to make absolutely sure; to make doubly sure
two times; twice; two degrees
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
extermination; annihilation
to bring (someone) back home; to take (someone) back home
party; set; gang; company; person