iron rod; iron bar; iron club; horizontal bar (gymnastics)
each encampment; strong (wind); fierce; intermittent
to go flying along; to move fast (against the wind)
each place; various places
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
special selection; special approval; special prize; highest honours
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to shake off (e.g. rain from an umbrella)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
essence; true nature; substance; reality
beginning; outset; first; onset
fierce attack; furious attack
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
drop (e.g. of water); drip
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
earnestly; immediately; exactly
push; pushing; weight; pressure; authority; forcefulness
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
military science; strategy; tactics
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
strict order; peremptory command
just because; even if; even though