powerless; weak; lacking physical strength; incompetent; lacking ability; powerless
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
everything working out as desired
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
to thrust down; to push off
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
nonchalantly; without a care
wrong; different; not like that
footboard; gangplank; scaffolding board
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
freshwater goby (any fish of genus Rhinogobius); dusky tripletooth goby (Tridentiger obscurus); Gymnogobius urotaenia (species of goby); Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)
dispensable chopsticks; throwaway chopsticks; chopsticks (hand game)
zabuton; flat floor cushion used when sitting or kneeling; usu. rectangular
old woman; joker (in old maid)
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
cannot tell one thing from another; cannot distinguish (e.g. good from bad)
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
applicant; candidate; volunteer
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to gather (of people); to assemble; to hang out; to assemble (of troops); to be stationed; to be quartered
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite