to mount (a horse, bicycle, etc.); to straddle; to sit astride; to span (an area, time, etc.); to extend over; to spread over
preservation; retainment; keeping
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
state of the war; war situation
top recommendation; something highly recommended
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
(preparatory) meeting; briefing session; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
both; both sides; both parties
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
line of spears held at the ready
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
vigorously; at a great pace; greatly
blast it!; bloody hell!; by thunder!; you bastard!; god damn you!; motherfucker!
to vent one's frustration; to relieve one's pent-up anger; to let off one's pent-up feelings; to let off steam
one by one; one after another; successively
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
complete victory; total victory
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
serviceman; servicewoman; soldier; member of the armed forces; military personnel
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
(small) stone; rock; pebble
training; drill; practice; discipline
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to take (be in) charge of
to slay; to kill; to put to the sword
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
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