shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
signs of defeat; adverse situation
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
secret; private; surreptitious
to stiffen; to become stiff
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
natural law; rule of heaven
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
eternity; infinitude; immortality
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
northern part; the north (of a region)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
massing (of troops); gathering
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
remnants of a defeated army
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
reaching; attaining; arrival
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
tipsy; pleasantly drunk; mellow; entranced; enchanted; captivated
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
ramie (Boehmeria nivea var. candicans); rummy
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
gate of a (Shinto) shrine
world-destroying conflagration
completely; absolutely; totally
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though