loss-cutting; cutting one's losses
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
useless; no good; hopeless
to happen to have on hand or in stock
to claim victims; to cause casualties
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
training; drill; practice; discipline
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
(fighting) spirit; motivation; shout (for getting in the right mood to deal with something, etc.); cheer; kiai; short shout when performing an attacking move
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
sending to North Korea; sending north
just now; a moment ago; this very minute
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
running as fast as one can
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to do together; to share; to participate in
succeeding; following; trailing; next
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
follow-up report; further news
one thing after another; out of the frying pan and into the fire
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
mohican (hairstyle); mohawk; Mohican; Mahican; Eastern Algonquian Native American tribe
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; unimportant person