fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
first time; first; initial
grazing; touching lightly; squeezing (someone for money); percentage; kickback
inferior; base; vulgar; low grade; lower class
enemy's strength or fighting power
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to challenge (a person) to a fight
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
small number; few; minority
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
January; first month of the lunar calendar
and various other things; and many others; and all the rest; and so on and so forth
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
winning streak; good time to make a profit
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing