confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to be accompanied by; to be attended by; to take along (someone); to conquer; to subjugate; to subdue
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
nothing but; except; no more than
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
strong person; the strong; the powerful
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
weak person; the weak; vulnerable person; disadvantaged person
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to pass (of time); to elapse
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
kind; sort; species; species
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
land near a castle; castle town
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)