close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
emerging market; emerging nation; emergent nation; developing country; developing nation
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
by myself; in person; by oneself
every year; yearly; annually
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
one by one; one at a time; in turn
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
although I say; although one might say; although called
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
seedling; young plant; rice seedling
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to pass (of time); to elapse
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
each nation; many nations; many countries
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
still; even now; to this day