village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown
natural; reasonable; understandable
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
intruder; invader; trespasser; raider
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
massing (of troops); gathering
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
innumerable; countless; numberless
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
just because; even if; even though
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
nothing but; none other than
breakdown of negotiations
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to fight with swords; to cross swords
worst; worst-case (scenario)
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
quickly, suddenly (while one is watching); before one's eyes
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
to fight against; to oppose; to face
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
literally; to the letter; literal
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
sea of blood; pool of blood
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering