taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
battle station; action stations
commander; commanding officer; CO
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
war; battle; match; game; competition
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
several people; a few people
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
several people; a few people
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
living thing; organism; creature; biology
the whole school; all the schools
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
locality; local area; limited area
training; drill; practice; discipline
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
irritating; aggravating; upsetting; maddening; infuriating; exasperating
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
existence; being; presence
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
in succession; one by one
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
end; conclusion; last; final; once ...; the moment ... (, that's it)
than; rather than; instead of; from; out of; except
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; full provision
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to put on; to wear; to be clothed in; to be clad in; to be dressed in; to be wrapped in
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
melting; fusion; liquefaction
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)