tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
by chance; coincidentally; as it happens
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
quickly; swiftly; expeditiously; long ago; already
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
sharp-eyed; keen-eyed; easily awakened
to nock (an arrow); to fix an arrow to the string
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to be visible to; to be seen by; to meet one's eyes
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to warm (e.g. one's hands over a fire); to dry; to toast; to grill; to broil
to be hideously burned; to be burned raw
to kill an enemy soldier before the start of a battle to raise spirits; to kill viciously; to victimize; to torment
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to become desperate; to give in to despair
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
spurt of blood; spray of blood
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
loud laughter (esp. by a group of people); roar of laughter; raucous laughter
variable; changeable; convertible; controllable
killing and wounding; bloodshed
vengeful ghost; avenging spirit; apparition
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
bluff; false show of power; bold front