having the qualities of a leader
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
huge rock; firmness; solidity
to trouble; to bother; to annoy; to give trouble
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
excessive; too much; unreasonable
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
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
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
order of chivalry; chivalric order
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
to forget completely; to leave behind
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
official announcement; proclamation
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
(distant) howling; backbiting
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
opinion; point of view; visual point
narrator; storyteller; reciter
amount of information; information content (information theory); Shannon information; surprisal
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); doing in collaboration; backing of the same candidate by different political parties
monolith; large slab of rock
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble