to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
food (esp. staple food such as rice or wheat); provisions; rations; food supply
follow-up report; further news
preliminary step; first step
small number; few; minority
quiet; still; surreptitious
square measure; size (e.g. of land); area; surface
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
internal conditions; true state of affairs
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
frequency (of occurrence)
slight; little; insignificant
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
shades of evening; dead of night
to go past; to pass; to pass by
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
to make one's rounds; to patrol
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
that day; the very same day
decline; downturn; drop; (mental) depression; low spirits
gently sloping; gentle; easy; smooth
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
central part; heart (of a city)
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance