to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
changing clothes; change of clothes
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
chief; main; principal; major
strip-searching; security check
bring-your-own (e.g. food and drink); carry-on (e.g. luggage)
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
heating power; thermal power; firepower
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
atonement; the Atonement (of Jesus Christ)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to follow someone's last wishes; to fulfil a dying wish
letting (someone) die without helping
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to put one's life on the line
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
in person; personally; directly
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive