drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
at that time; in those days
standing close together; bristling (with)
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
rule; reign; peaceful times
stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
snake; serpent; large snake
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
cooperation; coordination; link
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
employer's house; master's house
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
family; relatives; dependents; household
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
to raise the reputation of one's family; to found a house
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
Baden (Switzerland); Virden (Canada)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
head house (family); birthplace; originator
blood vessel; blood relationship
since the beginning; natural-born (salesman, etc.); absolutely (not); (not) at all