gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
price; cost; value; worth; value
questions and answers; dialogue
fiction; fabrication; concoction; fictitious; fictional; imaginary
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
decline; fall; decay; withering
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
that day; the very same day
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
bad mannered; naughty; misbehaving
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to straighten up; to sit upright
virile; tough; masculine; intense
military personnel; soldier
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
important point; strategic position; key point
intensification; aggravation
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
only; merely; but; no more than
third day of the month; three days
arrow (symbol); (romantic) interest (for a certain person); direction (of one's attention, etc.)