leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
foil; (gold, etc.) leaf; prestige
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
joining (a group, team, etc.); enrollment; enrolment
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
and yet; though; when; in spite of
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
government service; the bureaucracy
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
ominous; sinister; (arch.) annoying; (arch.) appearing to be true; (arch.) plausible
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
to say; to be called; to do
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
entrusting (everything to); leaving (a matter) entirely with
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
leader of a delegation (body, party)
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
also known as; also called