conviction; belief; confidence
one lump; one body; one group
body; group; party; company; troupe
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
royal castle; imperial castle
going straight on; going straight ahead
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
invitation; introduction; temptation
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary
daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
to feel; to sense; to experience
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
should; must; -able; probably; likely