glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
once upon a time; a long time ago
to take action; to act; to rise (up); to rouse oneself
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arsenal; arms and ammunition factory
imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace); imperial residence; residence of a shogun, minister, etc.; emperor; ex-emperor; empress
large building and lofty tower; splendid (magnificent, palatial) structure
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
sword hilt; decorative hilt
suspension of water supply; water outage
whirlwind; sensation; commotion; hullabaloo
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
to be burned out (of one's home)
everywhere; all over; throughout
tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
annotation; explanatory note; comment
3000; three thousand; many
bright red; crimson lotus flower
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
appalling; awful; horrible; horrifying; ghastly
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
(with) only the clothes one happens to wear; (with) only the clothes on one's back; (still) wearing the same clothes as before (e.g. before falling asleep)
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)