factory worker; craftsman; artisan
wood carving; wooden sculpture; woodcraft
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
law; regulation; rule; code; agreement; arrangement
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
sliding feet; shuffling (one's feet); moving legs forward with feet never leaving the ground (exercise)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
imperial order; imperial decree
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
arguing someone down; scolding; rebuking; proclaiming (the truth); expounding
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
glaring (eyes); piercing; penetrating
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
visions of glory; evanescent glory
aggression; invasion; raid
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
(written) appeal; circular; manifesto; encouragement; encouraging words; letter of encouragement
to flap strongly; to stir up fiercely
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
founder; originator; pioneer
to say; to be pleased to say
imperial decree; imperial edict
sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
murder; killing; murderer
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for