hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
frivolous; fickle; insincere; caprice; cold-heartedness
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
to spread; to be propagated
office hours; business hours; working hours
outside of; not covered by
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
to be destroyed; to perish; to go out (e.g. fire); to destroy; to get rid of; to extinguish
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
at any time; at any moment; when; at what moment
sailing; marching; going out; dispatch
dirt under one's fingernails; shred (of decency, etc.); scrap; bit
to boil; to decoct; to infuse
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
label (i.e. sticker); label (i.e. record label)
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop; participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.
to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate
to cut corners; to be shoddy
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
batsu game; punishment given to the loser of a game or contest
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
loser; defeated person; the defeated
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
thoroughly; completely; utterly; severely; harshly; terribly