time after time; countless times; many a time; dozens of times
Hundred Years War (1337-1453)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
practitioner of Buddhism; practitioner of austerities; disciplinant; practitioner of martial arts
around the world; throughout the world
several million; millions (of)
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
construction vehicle (bulldozer, backhoe, loader, etc.)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
turning someone away (at the front door); refusing a visitor; rejecting without consideration; denying without substantial investigation; being chased away from a magistrate's office's gate (lightest punishment during the Edo period)
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to be scared; to be afraid; to tremble with fear
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
death penalty; capital punishment
explosion; detonation; blast; outburst (of emotion); explosion (e.g. of anger); eruption (e.g. of discontent)
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
to crush; to squash; to flatten; to quash (a plan, opposition, etc.); to crush; to suppress
falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
remodelling; remodeling; reorganization; reorganisation
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
to crumple (up); to wrinkle; to rub thoroughly; to massage (esp. in sexual contexts)