to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
decrease; reduction; decline
state of the war; war situation
assistance; backing; reinforcements
all members; everybody; regular member
railway switchback; twisting backward knee trip
stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough
indiscrete; imprudent; unscrupulous
below one's eyes; under one's eyes; length (of a fish) from eyes to tail fin
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to fight a battle; to have a fight
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
contrary person; sourpuss; dog-in-the-manger
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
gliding (through the air)
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
resonance; sympathetic vibration
to bend; to warp; to lose heart
constriction; narrow part (in middle); waist (esp. of a woman)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
viewing as hopeless; feeling that all is lost
to rush back; to run back
life and death; life or death
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
grandfather; male senior-citizen
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
going down; fall; knocking down (in boxing); flooring; being out of action (due to illness, exhaustion, etc.); being down (e.g. with a cold); going down (of a computer system, server, etc.)
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
in any way; to some extent; even if only a little
being absorbed in; losing oneself in; losing control of oneself
lack; absence; shortage; deficiency; privation
to rove; to prowl; to go cruising
strategy meeting; council of war