plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
extremely dangerous; full of peril
to die; to lay down life's burden
military forces; hosts; troops
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
abandonment; giving up; throwing away; disposal; dumping
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
either way; in any case; one way or another
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
thorough; exhaustive; complete
abuse; misuse; perversion
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to meet (someone of higher status); (arch.) to be recognized (esp. by someone of higher status); (arch.) to be visible; (arch.) to be seen
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself