weakening; emaciation; decline
commencing with; including
obedience; submission; resignation
original inhabitant; aboriginal; previous priest
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
disturbance; riot; mayhem
trouble; quarrel; dispute
development; revitalization; standing (something) up; waking up; tilling a rice field; drawing a card from the draw pile
unprecedented; never seen before
moisture; damp; richness; warmth; financial leeway; gains
rigour; rigor; closeness; compactness; tightly knit
ruler; monarch; sovereign
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
aurochs; urus (extinct ancestor of the modern cow, Bos taurus)
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
neighboring countries; neighbouring countries; surrounding countries
on countless occasions; many a time
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
Talas (Russia); Talus; Taras
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
approval; license; licence; permission
declaration of war; proclamation of war
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)