impromptu; improvised; extempore; instant (e.g. ramen)
both armies; both teams; both sides
several weeks; a few weeks
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
common; commonplace; pulp paper; granulated sugar
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
date (of a planned event, act, etc.); day; (number of) days
source of information; intelligence source; message source
unreliable; uncertain; indefinite; unclear
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
having good knowledge of a certain matter; person who has good knowledge of a certain matter; informed source
news programme; news program
tobacco shop; tobacconist
countries; (various) nations
armed group; armed insurgents
regulars; regular soldiers
giving one's name; self-introduction; announcing one's name, rank, lineage, etc. (of a samurai on the battlefield); name given to male members of the nobility and samurai class upon coming of age; Japanese kanji reading used in names
to put on armour (armor); to wear armour; to arm oneself; to wear; to cover
rampage; ruckus; bout of wild behavior
to spit out; to eject; to dump
being adopted into the family of one's bride
illegitimate child; secret love child
sharp reduction; drastic cut
to spread money around (e.g. to give, to loan, to invest, etc.)
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
strict crackdown on and elimination of misconduct; strict enforcement of discipline
(weather) front; front line; the front; battlefront
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to trample (down); to crush (by trampling); to ravage
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
all (there is); as long as there is
daughter (esp. of someone of high standing); (another's) daughter
murder of one's master; murderer of his master