(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
help; assistance; service
to become fraught with emotion
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
precocious; precocious child
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
100 percent; completely; fully
death rate; mortality rate
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
having serious consequences; costing dearly; cannot get away with it; for free; for nothing; easily
art of war; strategy; tactics
as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain
viewing through a window; passing through a window; going through a window; doing through a window
to rub; to scrub; to repeatedly reuse (a joke, a topic of conversation, etc.); to milk; to mash (a button); to spam (a move)
to have one's hands slip (and drop something)
PTSD; post-traumatic stress disorder
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
outside a car (train, bus, etc.)
reputation; respectability; honour; honor
backhand blow; backhand chop; backfist (karate)
somersault; looping-the-loop
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
rear left; back left; left and behind
roundhouse kick; turning kick
Atai (post-Taika reform hereditary title often given to regional administrators)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human); raw (flesh, esp. fish)
strong arm; stout arm; ability to carry out a difficult job; capable person
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made