exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
noninclusion in a team; not being chosen to play
to be hesitant; to feel timid
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
commander; commanding officer; CO
black and white; right and wrong
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
my; one's own; personal; privately owned
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
all-out attack; general offensive
squared timber; rectangular lumber
judo practitioner; judoka
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
battle formation; disposition of troops
mwahahaha (evil laughter)
good for eating; ripe enough for eating; in season
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
only; prostitute attached to a single member of the postwar Occupation Forces
to find out; to discover; to locate
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
as soon as possible; as quickly as possible; speedily; without delay; ASAP
genuine; authentic; true; real
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
wildcard (in hanafuda); storm card; gaji (term used in Hawaii); extra card (in hanafuda, kabufuda, etc.; sometimes depicting an ogre); joker; blank card
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
stopping a sword stroke between one's bare hands
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to fight against; to oppose; to face
ultrahigh speed; ultrafast
ascension (into heaven); the Ascension; death
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher