to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
to face on; to look out on to
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to fold up; to fold into layers
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to pierce through; to stand (of something sharp or pointy); to thrust (up)
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
hostility; animosity; enmity
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
prince's message; command of a prince
to accept; to receive; to agree
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
quickly; swiftly; already; before; long time ago
to start the debate; to get the ball rolling; to fire the first shot; to start a conversation
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to feel anxious; to feel nervous; fluttering down; trickling down (e.g. tears); hanging untidily (of hair); straggling
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits