holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
time of emergency; (in an) emergency
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
possession; retention; maintenance
household belongings; household goods; family fortune; family assets
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
to grant (a wish); to accede; to comply with; to heed
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
coincident with; while; simultaneously
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
armament; soldier's equipment
clearly; distinctly; vividly
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
(arch.) the art of war; (arch.) martial arts; military force; the sword; valor; bravery
this and that; one thing or another
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
to sit down; to take a seat
narrow; thin (sized); slender