starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
(way of) spending money; way with money; spending habits
society; the world; the times
warning; caution; admonition; keikoku (penalty in judo)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
subordination; servitude; servility; subordinate; underling
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
mental preparedness; being braced for; being steeled for
comfortably warm; steaming hot (food); piping hot; glowing (with warmth)
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
slope; slanting surface; bevel
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
main street; avenue; boulevard
to insert; to put between; to tuck (into)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
to lose one's mind; to go crazy; to lose one's senses; to lose consciousness
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
loophole; crenel; crenelle; arrow-slit
model; prototype; archetype; (sewing) pattern
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
maintaining the status quo
to order; to command; to appoint