large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
firearms; missile; projectile weapon
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
flying column; detached force
to attack; to assault; to assail
preservation; retainment; keeping
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
military shoes; combat boots
to be muddy; to be slushy
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
to twist; to turn; to writhe (e.g. in pain); to twist around; to turn in one's seat
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to dash over oneself (e.g. water); to take (e.g. shower); to bask in (e.g. the sun); to suffer (e.g. an attack); to draw (e.g. criticism, attention, praise); to have heaped upon
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
to choke; to be choked (by); to sob convulsively
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
fighting spirit; (will to) fight
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
armed forces; military; troops
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
thousands; several thousand
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
essential part; indispensable part; unavoidable part; front and back matter (of a book, magazine, etc.)