one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of
irritation; annoyance; frustration
no skin off my nose; somebody else's problem; (lit.) fire on the opposite shore
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to put into effect; to put into practice
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
to grumble about something (trivial)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of
belief; faith; conviction
thousands; several thousand
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
(professional) storyteller; hereditary role of narrator in early imperial court
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do