to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
three times; thrice; third (interval)
four times; four-colour process printing; CMYK printing
mysterious phenomenon; weird phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
low spirits; depression; dejection; discouragement; despondency
delicate; minute; fine; detailed; subtle
circuit; cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle); cycle; loop
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
armament; soldier's equipment
brave; courageous; gallant; valiant; heroic
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
command; direction; supervision; conducting (an orchestra, choir, etc.)
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming (a difficulty); conquering (e.g. a mountain); mastery (of a skill)
spirit; heart; disposition
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped
scrap lumber; piece of wood
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
a short while ago; just now; already; for a long time
level ground; horizon; field of view