art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to come into being; to be born
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
in accordance with; according to
orbit; trajectory; railroad track; (right) track; proper course
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
pit of the stomach; solar plexus; place where water falls
to put one's strength into
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
offense and defense; offence and defence
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
rising; ascending; climbing
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to look around; to survey
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression