rule; reign; government; governing
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
like; as; so that; in order that; be sure to; I hope (that)
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
power; authority; influence
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
supply; supplying; replenishment
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
(death from) starvation; starving to death
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
(your) daughter; young woman; daughter of a good family
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
if; when; when it comes to ...; as for ...; why don't you ...; why not ...
being argued into silence; being left speechless
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
crushing (into pieces); smashing; cracking; breaking up
after that; afterwards; thereafter
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
to be silent; to say nothing
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
careless; thoughtless; rash; rude; at fault