portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
decrease; reduction; decline
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
jack of all trades, master of none
region; limits; stage; level
to excel in one thing; to be a master in an art
advantage or disadvantage
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
to make a move; to move a piece (e.g. in shogi)
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
ordinary soldier; mere soldier
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
raising morale; lifting of morale
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to waste; to treat shabbily; to treat frivolously; to handle roughly; to treat without respect
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
war criminal; person responsible for a team's defeat
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to stick it out (until the end)
to gain fame; to make one's name
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to chirp (of a swarm of insects); to sing; to gather; to swarm
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
systematic; organized; organizational
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults