starting (machine, engine, car, etc.); activation
switching over to; migration; transition
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
casualties; killed and wounded; human damage
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
most part; greater part; majority
to shave off; to scrape off
land near a castle; castle town
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
to provide; to furnish; to equip; to install
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
all-out war; full-scale war
slapping on (stamp, sticker); flopping down
the reverse; other side; lining
to brush off; to shake off
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
your views; your opinion; great idea; excellent idea
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
you could say; you might say; verging on the
to pull from both ends; to pull from both sides; to play tug of war
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
pinna (of the ear); auricle
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to exorcise; to cleanse; to purify
in this manner; in this way; like this
one's body alone; having nothing except one's body; just oneself (with no belongings)