fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine)
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
sweating; perspiration; sudation; hidrosis; diaphoresis
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
with a thump; with a thud; hard (hit, scold, etc.); severely; card marking (on a hanafuda, etc. card); alteration
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
casualties; the killed and wounded
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
fanfare; flourish of trumpets
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
logical; cogent; well-reasoned; logically consistent
guidelines for action; personal principles
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
(shout of) encouragement; cheering; rooting; support
feudal era; feudal times; feudal period; feudal age; age of feudalism
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to be found (e.g. unknown quantity in an equation); to be calculated
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to compose; to put together
imperial throne; the Crown
great commander; famous commander
gazing at (in wonderment)
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
to show up; to appear; to turn up
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
torture to death; torment to death