to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
invisibly; secretly; privately
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
soaking (wet); wringing; dripping; drenched
to unravel; to untie; to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.); to relax; to ease
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
pupil; student; schoolchild
armor and helmet (armour)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
to do one's best; to do something to the best of one's ability
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
sense of liberation; feeling of freedom
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
to well up; to burst; to arise
to turn completely into; to become completely
equestrian tribe; equestrian people
preference; priority; precedence