beach; water's edge; coastline; national border; before entering the country
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
technique; art; skill; move
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
at full speed; impetuously; precipitately; headlong
to stick out too much; to protrude too far; to be too strong (e.g. of tea); to be too forward; to be too assertive; to be pushy
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
person killed in action; the war dead
battle formation; disposition of troops
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
to step back; to walk backwards
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
to be beyond words; to defy description
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
pustule; scab; syphilis; pox
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
willpower; energy; vitality
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
one by one; one after another; successively
without losing time (e.g. to do); without even time for (doing something)
cruel; merciless; pitiful; tragic; breaking a religious precept without shame
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
defeat; lost battle; defeated army
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
serious wound; serious injury
to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind
to underrate; to belittle; to look down on; to despise
above all; especially; particularly; all the more
lesson; precept; teachings; moral