ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
cross-examination; retort; asking in return
magical power; mystical force
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)
to take command; to give direction
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
the Japanese; Japanese side; Japanese delegation; Japanese representatives
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
preservation; retainment; keeping
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. Tokyo, Kobe, Yokohama)
corruption (of order, customs, etc.); to fall apart (organization, system, etc.)
in the face of; in defiance of
man of the hour; woman of the hour
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
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 dazzle one's eyes; to hold one's gaze; to fascinate; to captivate
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
discrimination; discernment; identification
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier