to tower over the surroundings
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to love (someone weaker than oneself); to be affectionate towards; to treat with tender loving care
to serve; to work for; to attend
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
(not) a single person; (no) one
descendant; posterity; offspring
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
somehow; for some reason or other
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power
war; battle; match; game; competition
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
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
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to take a breath; to take a short rest
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
for dear life; barely escaping alive
retirement (from the world); seclusion
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
extermination; annihilation
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
secret; private; surreptitious
to pause; to have a short intermission
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship