armor and helmet (armour)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
since when; from when; how long
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
just because; even if; even though
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
peers; friends; fellow workers; comrades
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
feeling keenly; fully realizing
human; human-like; as a person
to transcribe; to duplicate; to describe; to film; to picture
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
to start slowly; to lag behind
anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone
simply; merely; only; solely
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
calmly; peacefully; painlessly; comfortably
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to gain fame; to make one's name
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
town; city; municipal; urban
people belonging to a hereditary occupation group (Yamato period)