to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
fortress; stronghold; citadel
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
function; facility; faculty; feature
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
catapult; ballista; mangonel; onager; trebuchet
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
intercept; interception; counter-attack
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
paying one's own expenses; going into business for oneself; working independently; person who earns their own living
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
whole story; full picture; full particulars
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
absence; disregard; indifference
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for