morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
defect; fault; flaw; deformity; deficiency; shortage
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
impossible; unlikely; improbable
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence
un-; non-; negative prefix
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
heating power; thermal power; firepower
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
survival; survivor; relic
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
1,000,000; one million; million; many
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
to strike a chord; to tug at one's heartstrings; to resonate
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to fall into disgrace with; to incur someone's displeasure
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
your home; your family; their home; (my) home