fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
without leaving any trace
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
may ... be with you; may there be ...
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
solemn; sublime; grand; magnificent; impressive
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be
to use (as a tool) for one's own advantage; to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
semi-transparent; translucent
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
deceased; late; dead; departed
to scatter away; to fly away; to blow away; to be removed without trace; to vanish
flames produced by an explosion; explosive flames
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten duodecillion; original; positive
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
type; pattern; shape; similar type; similar pattern
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
blue sky; azure sky; spring sky; God; the Creator
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
battle formation; military formation
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
command; lead; generalship; leadership