holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
fifth day of the month; five days
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
surrender (fall) of a castle
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
taking (a suspect to the police); dragging (someone) away
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
pride; boast; credit (to)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
tedious; boring; being fed up with
silence (not speaking); muteness
backbiting of a coward; grumblings of a loser; (lit.) the far-off bark of a retreating dog
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
loser; failure; underdog; unmarried and childless older woman
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
imagination; supposition; guess
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
calling by name; designation; nomination
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to look at; to gaze; to stare at
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
mwahahaha (evil laughter)