overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
obi (kimono sash); obi (strip of paper looped around a book, CD, etc. containing information about the product); band; belt; cingulum; radio or television program broadcast in the same time slot on all or most days
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to blink (one's eyes) repeatedly
(made of) stone; stone-built
protective wall; defensive wall; barrier; bulwark
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
central part; heart (of a city, etc.)
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
foreign enemy; outside invader
(incoming) attack; raid; invasion; assault
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
brown; light brown; tawny
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
to pierce through; to break through
gunport; embrasure; muzzle
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
fixed artillery; fixed gun
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
departure; departing from ...; sent from ...; (a letter, etc.) dated ...; counter for engines (on an aircraft); counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
bad; poor; inferior; delinquent; hoodlum; hooligan
reaching; attaining; arrival
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
neighbouring house; neighboring house
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
one's house; one's home; one's family
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
dirty work; unpleasant task
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world