drifting; drift; being adrift
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to govern; to manage; to subdue
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
unsuited; inappropriate; improper; undeserved
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
spell; curse; dharani; mantra
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
gossip; corner of the mouth
ugly; unsightly; hideous; mean; repulsive; disgraceful
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
origin; source; beginning; starting point
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
dominion; territory; possession
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
shrill voice; piercing cry; shriek; scream
adaptability; flexibility
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
conceit; hubris; vanity; presumption
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
to claim victims; to cause casualties