encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
pool for soaking seed rice before planting
to lead (an advance); to spearhead (a campaign, attack)
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
even if; even though; wow
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
to cut one's way through; to fight one's way through (the enemy); to get over; to come through; to overcome (a difficulty)
back (esp. of a building, etc.); rear; behind
hills and fields; countryside
right hand; sword hand; reins-holding hand; right side; one's right
even so; despite that; yet
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
check; restraint; oppression; repression
planned; scheduled; systematic
tear; rip; rent; slit; crack; chasm
cnidarian (aquatic invertebrate of the phylum Cnidaria)
easy; easygoing; carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimistic; leisurely
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
to exchange; to replace; to shift personnel; to replace one person with another
remnants of a defeated army
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; presentation
trouble; bother; annoyance
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
yourself; himself; herself
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
thereafter; after doing that; followed by
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about