lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)
carbonization; carbonisation
appearing one after another; cropping up one after another; occurring in succession
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
rearguard; rear guard; back (player)
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
individual; one by one; separate; each
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to lure (someone) toward one; to lure (into); to entice
war situation; progress of a battle
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to underestimate; to make light of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
cleaning up (enemy remnants); sweeping clean (of opponents); mopping up
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
street fighting; urban warfare
locational advantage; advantageous position
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
one's post; place of work; workplace
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
(wielding) dual swords (esp. in fiction); twin swords; pair of Chinese straight swords wielded simultaneously (oft. sharing a single scabbard)
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to hasten to join; to hurry to visit
to raise (esp. overhead); to brandish (e.g. sword); to flourish; to wield (e.g. power, authority); to proclaim one's principles
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way