taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
foster parent; adoptive parent; person who raised one; founding figure; key developer
foster mother; adoptive mother
the breakup (dispersal) of a family
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
to spread; to be propagated
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
(pieces of metal, etc. hitting each other) noisily; cluttered; disordered; messy
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
a few years ago; some years back
small hill; low hill; hillock
grave marker; gravestone; headstone; writing on a headstone (name, date of death, etc.)
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
god of the wind; wind god; Fūjin (god of the wind)
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
ritual prayer; invocation of the gods participating in a rite; congratulatory address
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
tone color; tone colour; tone quality; timbre
seeing clearly; (gods or Buddha) bearing witness (of)
thousand years; millennium; (fig.) long time
eruption; volcanic eruption
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted