gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
carefully; closely; very; extremely; have no choice; cannot be helped
one lump; one body; one group
to shut oneself in (one's house, room, etc.); to confine oneself (to); to barricade oneself (in a building); to entrench oneself; to hole up
main street; avenue; boulevard
going straight on; going straight ahead
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to flee from one's enemy; to turn tail; to expose one's weakness to an adversary
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
quick; prompt; alert; smart; clever; astute
to act first; to act precipitously; to be rash; to get ahead of oneself; to jump the gun
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
fortune in battle; luck in war; fate as a warrior
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
favourite horse; favorite horse
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
cannot be compared (with); being no match (for)
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; beef reticulum; honeycomb tripe
repeating firearm; a repeater
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions; large hanging paper lantern
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
intolerant; small-minded; inflexible; unforgiving; unyielding; ungenerous
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
emphasizing (a point, argument, etc.); stressing; insistence; arguing strongly (for, against)
to encourage; to cheer on; to cheer (someone) up; to raise (one's voice)
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye