decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
cleaning up somebody else's mess; carrying the can; ass-wiping; arse-wiping
all; entire; whole; altogether
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
tremendous strength; (lit.) strength of a hundred people
strength of a thousand men; cloth with the character for "strength" written by a thousand men (soldier's charm)
armaments; military preparations
stabilization; stabilisation
huge rock; firmness; solidity
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
going into battle; departure for the front
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
separate; special; another; separately
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
forwarding or transportation industry
shipping company; freight company; transport company
loose (e.g. belt); slovenly; careless; slack
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
preservation; retainment; keeping
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
(raised) footpath between rice fields; ridge between rice fields