party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
information; news; report; reward; retribution
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
crying oneself to sleep; giving up in frustration; accepting meekly; being compelled to accept a situation
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to to put in all one's effort
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
to vacate; to surrender (e.g. a castle); to give up (e.g. a position); to hand over (e.g. power)
simultaneous; all at once
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
dying; death; dead; useless; damned