unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
cultivation; refinement; culture; education
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
thousands; several thousand
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
great antiquity; old-fashioned; long ago
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
one by one; one after another; successively
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
at that time; in those days
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
beginning; outset; first; onset
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to revere; to respect; to worship
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
no!; no no!; no, not at all
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
at once; immediately; right now