unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
military forces; hosts; troops
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
solid; strong; sturdy; durable; stout
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
reinforcement; strengthening
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor (vigour)
royal castle; imperial castle
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter; scornful laughter; snicker; snigger
viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
underground; subterranean
to burrow through; to dig through
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
arrest; apprehension; capture
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to hug; to clasp to one's breast
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
unreliable; undependable; untrustworthy; not to be counted on
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble