military gains; war results; fruit of battle
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
this and that; one thing or another
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled
disappointing (end, result, etc.); sad; miserable; tragic; fleeting; transient
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
self-assessment; self-declaration; self-certification; personal statement
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
plural; multiple; plural (number)
possibility; chance; potential; potentiality; possibility (modal property of a proposition containing no logical contradiction)
stabbing through; plunging into; sticking right into; sinking into (mud, water, etc.)
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
obstruction; prevention; hindrance; check; blocking; stopping
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
(providing) covering fire; supporting (someone in a debate, dispute, etc.); backing (someone) up
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
attack; assault; criticism; censure; cyber attack (e.g. DDoS)
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
unloading (a ship); landing; disembarkation
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
modesty; humility; being humble
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
war situation; progress of a battle
to whirl; to eddy; to swirl; to whirl around (of feelings, thoughts, etc.); to swirl around; to surge
focus; focal point; focus (of attention, a discussion, etc.); point at issue; focus