a cornered rat will bite a cat; despair gives courage to a coward
at once; immediately; right now
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
dull; dreary; dissatisfying; disappointing; unattractive; unappealing
affinity; compatibility; chemistry (between people)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
near; nearby; not far off
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
strategy meeting; council of war
brave general; great soldier
mixed (e.g. team, chorus)
one step higher; one better; cut above; one up
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
ease of use; user-friendliness; usability; utility; convenience
very hungry; starving; bowing repeatedly; kowtowing; denting; buckling
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
on bad terms; at loggerheads
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
big frame; large figure; huge body
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment