noble; lofty; high-minded; virtuous; upright
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
sublime; noble; high-minded
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to surge; to well up; to gush out
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
pride; boast; credit (to)
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to fight against; to oppose; to face
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
cannonball; shot (in the shot put)
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
to pop off; to pop out; to fly off; to shoot off; to burst open
seat; seats; stands; grandstand; bleachers
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
mark; target; object; subject; point (e.g. of argument)
discrimination; discernment; identification
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colour
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed