remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
fortified city; walled city
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
civil engineering and construction
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
to distract one's attention
alone; unaided; away from home
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
unable to fight (esp. in video games); unconscious; knocked out; dead
to step firmly; to harden by treading
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to bash; to hit hard; to strike; to beat (someone in battle)
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off