shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
spire; steeple; pinnacle; minaret
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
tool; means; ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.); counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
telephone call; speaking over the telephone; (Internet) voice call; counter for telephone calls of a set duration
communications partner; entity at the end of a communication
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
immediately; right away; on the spot
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
eradication; extermination; rooting out; stamping out; getting rid of
ruler; monarch; sovereign
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
land near a castle; castle town
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
natural calamity; disaster
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
whole story; full picture; full particulars
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid