training; drill; practice; discipline
to fight against; to oppose; to face
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
town; city; municipal; urban
fifth day of the month; five days
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
not necessarily so; is not always true
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
to loiter around; to wander about
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
very unlikely to ...; showing no signs of ...
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to become poor; to be poor
to look old; to become musty; to wear out
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to begin to grow light; to dawn
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
determination; resolution
to shake; to waver; to tremble
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
finish; end; completion; result
counter for (small) boats
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate