background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
cleaning up; sweeping up; mopping up
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
totally willing; fully motivated
(theatrical) fighting scene
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve; to be frightened; to get cold feet; to chicken out
small number; few; minority
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to finish reading; to read through
calculated; premeditated; considered
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to not take seriously; to take lightly
beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; starting shot; starting signal
military forces; hosts; troops
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to look away; to turn away
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group