reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
unconditional command; must-obey order
intensification; aggravation
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
adhering to; being a stickler for; being particular about; worrying too much about
to recover consciousness; to come to
to push aside; to thrust aside; to brush aside; to reject; to remove; to take out
becoming turbid; becoming muddy; becoming muddled (of thoughts, senses, etc.); growing dim (of consciousness); disorder; chaos
making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared; rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to be anxious (about); to be concerned (about); to think out (e.g. a plan); to work out; to investigate
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
to insist on one's own ideas; to have one's own way
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
comfort; consolation; diversion
injured person; wounded person
casualties; the killed and wounded
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
lack of ability; inadequacy; (being) out of one's depth
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
to shoot dead (with an arrow)
false rumor (rumour); groundless rumor; misinformation
to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
unable to speak; inarticulate; mute; speechless; tongue-tied
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
favoritism (esp. to relatives, associates, etc.); favouritism; nepotism
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
good news; happy news; glad tidings
important condition; basic premise; something that should be obvious to all; something that should not have to be argued; major premise (in a syllogism)
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
thoughtfulness; deliberation; prudence
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length