survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
one army; whole army; first string players; the cool kids; the popular kids
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to be(come) intertwined; to be entangled
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
dawn; daybreak; end; soon after something has ended; beginning (of a new year, month, etc.)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
corruption (of order, customs, etc.); to fall apart (organization, system, etc.)
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
misfortune; ill fate; bad luck; obscurity
to complain about; to grumble; to make an excuse for
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
old-fashioned boys' hairstyle; Meiji period women's hairstyle; type of dance in kabuki; knots in colour of four cardinal points hanging from the roof above the ring (color); constricted tagelus (Sinonovacula constricta); Chinese razor clam
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
rice paddy with a thick layer of mud at the bottom; muddy rice field
muddy water; red-light district
open-hearted; free and easy; frank; not being bothered by unimportant things
covered in mud; mud-caked
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to jump upon (a moving object)
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
tool; implement; means; furniture
from the viewpoint of; according to
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie