abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
king; king; king (chess piece)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
old maid (game); living without one's mother-in-law
myself; yourself; I; me; you
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
one (thin, flat object); one sheet
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
scene; sight; scenario; setting
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
fully equipped (particularly with reference to cars)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
such; like that; that sort of
end; close; conclusion; termination
declaration; proclamation; announcement
each; (arch.) you (plural)
although I say; although one might say; although called
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
script; screenplay; scenario
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not