concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
speech; expression; wording; language
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
feeling good; feeling at ease; feeling easy
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
dominion; territory; possession
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
peace agreement; peace accord
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
(courteous) invitation; call
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
hellfire; flames of hell; raging fire; large fire; fire that consumes an evildoer
to scrutinize; to scrutinise
expulsion (of a pupil); excommunication; anathema
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room