preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
audacity; forwardness; effrontery; impertinence
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
survival; survivor; relic
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
1,000,000; one million; million; many
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
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
home visitation (esp. a teacher visiting a student's home); home visit; house call
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
something to think about; one's thoughts; concern; thinking about something; being absorbed in one's thoughts
firm promise; definite promise
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
riskiness; (level of) danger
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
billboard; advertising sign
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
snugly; cosily; carefree; easily; freshly made and still warm; imprudently
boisterous dance; dancing wildly
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
war situation; progress of a battle
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to get off one's backside; to bestir oneself
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to rule; to govern; to administer
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity
relief; aid; help; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to be charged with a mission