pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
commitment; pledge; promise
strategy meeting; council of war
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
good-for-nothing; worthless
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
mental; spiritual; emotional
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
royal capital; imperial capital
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
armchair theory; impracticable theory
to think of; to come up with
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
incineration; destroy by fire
high voltage; high pressure
washing; cleansing; cleaning; cleansing (one's mind and body)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
lonely person; someone who easily succumbs to loneliness
way; method; means; (technical) specification
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
unless one ...; if one does not ...
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint