war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
youngster; boy; young Buddhist monk; young bonze; young shop-boy; errand boy
to show mercy; to show sympathy; to have compassion; to be kind
to suffer damage; to be deceived
clever; shrewd; crafty; cunning; pretentious; impertinent
prudence; judgement; sense; discipline; care; control
to be in a hurry; to be impatient; to be anxious (to do); to get a fright; to panic; to get flustered
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
regret; repentance; remorse
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
in comparison to; rather than
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
house; dwelling; human habitation
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
flustered; flurried; (shocked) speechless
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
selection; choice; option
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)