to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
development; exploitation
extermination; annihilation
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
that is to say; so that means
to become pale; to turn pale
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
armor and helmet (armour)
dark (skin, complexion, etc.); swarthy; tanned
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to close one's eyes; to lower one's eyelids; to shut one's eyes; to die; to breathe one's last
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
I fear that it's likely that; with all due respect
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
to well (up); to gush forth (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to feel emotions from (joy, bravery, etc.); to hatch (esp. of parasitic insects, etc.)
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
major war; great war; world war
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
infiltration; sneaking in; going undercover
old enemy; longtime enemy; arch-enemy; traditional rival; longstanding foe
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
and; thereupon; because of that
about when; about what time; how soon
as a child; when one was a child