castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
mental condition; state of mind; mentality
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
(rubbing, twisting) hard; with a squeal; with a creak; (drinking) in one sweep
to sweep away; to wash away; to dredge
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
mutual agreement; understanding; common consent
reinforcements; reserve troops; rear guard; attacking from the rear; pincer movement from the back
afterlife; realm of the dead
to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of one's fortune); aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
subordinate; underling; henchman; minion
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
quiver; quaver; flutter; statistical fluctuation
malice; ill will; bad air; noxious vapour; miasma
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
misedashi; debut of an apprentice geisha; ceremony in which a shikomi becomes a maiko
one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
farewell gift; parting gift; viaticum
to that extent; to that degree; that much; that many