saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
vulgar; mean; base; coarse; crude
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
to rule; to govern; to administer
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
wounded person; injured person
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
leaving everything up to someone else
advice; counsel; remonstrance; recommendation
to have an erection; to become erect
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception