fight; fighting spirit; fight!; do your best
staying in one's position or resigning; course of action; move
close friend; good friend; bosom buddy; chum; pal
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
(excessively) easy video game; easy-to-beat game; something easy to do; something that presents no challenge; trivial thing
student in a lower grade; underclassman
dropping out of school; withdrawal from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
important point; point to check; point not to miss; checkpoint
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
extensive; vast range; wide scope
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
hostile nature; inimical character
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
subtracting points; deducting points; points deducted
time limit; time restriction
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
upper reaches of a river; upstream
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
favourite horse; favorite horse
one by one; one after another; successively
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
smoothly; easily; readily
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
sunlight filtering through trees
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
waist; girth; measurement around waist
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
wide turn; detour; the long way around
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade