promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
index finger; forefinger; second toe
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
ripple; ring on the water; repercussions; Japanese slit drum; instrument made of iron with slits on top; makes a rippling sound
to look daunted; to look embarrassed; to be disappointed
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to mourn for; to grieve for; to condole with (the bereaved family, etc.); to hold a memorial service for; to hold a funeral service for
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded