dryness; aridity; drying (e.g. clothes); insipidity
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
tension; mental strain; nervousness
commander; commanding officer; CO
a long time ago; in those days
strategist; tactician; schemer
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
the right person in the right place
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
a country whose laws are based on religious criteria; theocracy
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
mobilization; mobilisation
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to grudge; to begrudge; to be stingy; to be unwilling to pay
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
this occasion; at this time; now
every single word and phrase; word by word
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to disperse; to take a castle
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde