to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
rational; reasonable; logical
rationality; reasonableness
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
having no idea; having no clue
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
to break down; to fail; to fizzle; to flop; to peter out; to fall flat
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
draft (for a speech, bill, etc.)
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
Qin Shi Huang (259 BCE-210 BCE), first emperor of unified China; Shihuangdi
item; something that one "just has to have"
gems and stones; wheat and chaff; wheat and tares; good and bad
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
diplomatic message sent by a head of state; sovereign letter; book written in Japanese (as opposed to Chinese, etc.); Japanese book; national literature (of Japan)
affixing a seal (to); putting one's seal (on)
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
stamp; seal; seal impression; seal; mudra (symbolic hand gesture); ninja hand sign
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to pass (of time); to elapse
again; once more; a second time