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taking the initiative

2

military authorities; army circles

1

to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)

1

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

1

fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation

1

combatant; fighter

1

property; fortune; assets

1

to be disgusted with; to be fed up with; to run out of patience with

1

reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; one paragraph

1

gun; rifle; small arms

2

to become bloodshot

2

strange voice

3

to be scared

1

gun point; muzzle

4

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

8

private; foot soldier; infantryman; underling; low level worker; minor player

1

to pull the trigger; to squeeze the trigger

2

left shoulder

1

to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)

1

percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece

1

to give off sparks; to spark; to scintillate; to have a heated argument; to combat; to do something fiercely

2

on the occasion of; at the time of

3

rustling (as of silk); slithering (sound); whizzing; hissing

1

spray; mist (not meteorological)

2

(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy

1

to kiss

1

protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)

1

spirit; soul; ghost

5

peril; danger; hazard; distress

3

to escape from; to get out

1

feudal lord

6

whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity

3

to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread

4

stranger; outsider

1

prejudice; bias; distorted view

2

unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue

1

raindrops; falling drop of water; intravenous drip; IV; drip-feed

1

full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded

1

small build; small stature; petite; small pattern

2

to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce

1

to remain; to be left over; to be in excess; to be too many

1

attacking in waves

1

a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)

1

corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings

1

Olympics

1

to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear

1

to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone

6

rotting; spoiling; decaying; rotten; worthless; paltry

2

noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play

1

to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than

3