gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to lose heart; to lose motivation
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to get blurred; to get hoarse; to get husky; to graze; to scrape
looking pale; looking unwell
living thing; organism; creature; biology
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
silver-gray hair; silver-grey hair; handsome grey-haired man; silver fox
expression; look; countenance; face
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext; excuse; grounds (for)
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
highest grade; finest quality; top class; superlative (degree)
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
addition; annexation; appendage
support; help; backing; covering (from enemy attack); protection
to read the situation; to sense the mood; to read the room
emergency food; emergency rations