small number; few; minority
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
refined; graceful; modest; cultivated; elegant; reserved
virtue; charm; merit; good point
armed forces; military; troops
to address (someone) without using a suffix such as "-san" or "-chan"; to refer to (someone) without a title suffix
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
clear solution; clean decision
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
rationality; reasonableness
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
common people; ordinary people; masses
agricultural community; farm village; rural
street fighting; urban warfare
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to ram one's opponent head-first in the initial charge; to punch hard; to hit hard
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
remote control; remote operation
financial power; financial means; wealth
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
large amount of money; great cost
land shark; land speculator
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
last; final; end; conclusion; rust
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to turn against; to become an enemy