blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
protracted war; war of attrition
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to make a breakthrough; to break ground
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
imagination; supposition; guess
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
excellent plan; best policy
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
certainly; surely; definitely
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
attack on both sides; pincer movement; double envelopment
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)