to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
ten; 10; ten years of age
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
battle flag; standard; (regimental) colours; colors; ensign
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
bridge (of a koto, etc.); cylinder; prism
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
had better ...; had better not ...
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
custom; general rule; convention; usually; generally; as a rule
direct control; direct supervision
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
general; popular; common; typical
sentiment; emotions; one's feelings; one's heart
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
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
self-consciousness; self-awareness
surroundings; environs; circumference
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
battlefield; battleground
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
riskiness; (level of) danger
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
to put up (a notice, sign, etc.); to hang out (e.g. a banner); to hold up high; to raise overhead; to tout (a principle, plan, etc.); to herald; to publish
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last