quick; speedy; prompt; rapid; swift
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
book; volume; this; present; main; head
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
should; must; -able; probably; likely
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
will; volition; intention; intent; determination
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
last line of a poem; finally
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
extermination; annihilation
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat