four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
previous time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
spirit; sprite; energy; vigor (vigour); fine details; semen
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost
after that; afterwards; thereafter
four-panel comic strip; yonkoma
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
article; news story; report; account
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
war situation; progress of a battle
complete change; about-face
royal capital; imperial capital
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
antiquity; the previous era
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
that; the matter in question
having in mind; happening to know of; idea
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to pick up; to find; to gather
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said