decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
reality; actuality; hard fact
completely; thoroughly; decisively; unsparingly; beyond recognition; until there's no untouched (undamaged) part
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
dozens; scores of; decades
paltry; trifling; piddling; stud; small protuberance
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to put (wood, coal, paper, etc.) into the fire; to throw on the fire; to add to the fire; to burn
choice; selection; option
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
difference; variation; difference
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to part (from); to part company (with); to split (with); to break off relations (with)
in unison; as one; united
military expedition led in person by the emperor
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
solidarity; banding together and working as one for a common cause
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
revere the Emperor, expel the (Western) barbarians
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
placid; composed; serene; big-hearted; broad-minded; magnanimous
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
hot topic; talk of the town
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to be disheartened; to lose heart; to be sprained; to be snapped; to be broken
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to be biased; to be prejudiced; to be partial; to be one-sided
to be bound (by feelings); to be fettered (by); to be overcome (by); to be moved (by); to be touched (by)