antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
to be led by; to be headed by
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
viscous; sticky; gluey; viscosity
to be sticky; to be stringy; to be glutinous
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity
one's own style; self-taught manner
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to knock down; to knock off
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
loser; defeated person; the defeated
unbearable to look at; too miserable (or awful) to watch; cannot bear to see
life; living; I; me; student
as far as the eye can see
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
death in battle; death on the battlefield
distinguished war service; merit of war
bizarre plan; perplexing strategy; outlandish scheme
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
excess personnel; redundant staff
threat; menace; coercion; blackmail
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal
token (gesture, gift, etc.); (done) for form's sake; for the sake of appearances
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak