sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
adds force or indicates command
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
-less; lacking; non-existing
people; citizens; subjects; folk
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
one's first campaign; one's first battle
huge win; overwhelming victory
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
protracted war; war of attrition
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to make a breakthrough; to break ground
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate