annexation; merger; swallowing up
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
otherwise; or else; if not
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
to have grown tense (of a situation); to have become critical (and to be on the verge of a major upheaval)
messenger; envoy; emissary
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
if so; in that case; in that situation
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
special directive; special order; special mission; special appointment
nameless; anonymous; without name
unbearable; intolerable; insufferable
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
I; me; myself; (arch.) we; (arch.) us; (arch.) ourselves
reason; cause; history; origin
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
to antagonize; to provoke antipathy
strict order; peremptory command
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
same family (race, tribe)
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something