breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
cleverness; skill; tact; clever person (in a particular field); skillful person (skilful)
to mind; to care; to worry
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
supply route; supply road; communications (military)
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
chance to win; opportunity to win; chance of victory
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
commonplace (of people or animals); ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; found around every corner
receiving; getting; eating; drinking; please (give me; do for me)
before; previously; ahead; pardon me for leaving (before you)
to save; to leave over; to spare
a few years ago; some years back
leader; authority; mainstay
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); good work; see you; goodbye; tiredness; fatigue
jumping the gun; premature action; omen; portent; first produce of the season (vegetables, fish, etc.); herald; runner sent ahead to announce one's lord's arrival (Muromachi and Edo periods)
series of battles; successive battles
consecutive victories; series of victories; winning streak
to repeat someone's mistake; to make the same mistake as one's predecessor; (lit.) to follow the ruts (of a previous cart)
beginning of the year; early in the New Year
gathering material (for an article, novel, etc.); collecting information; covering (an event, incident, etc.); reporting; interview (for a news story)
freedom of information; access to information; disclosure of information (e.g. by the government); releasing information (of an organization or an individual); making public
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
(one's) concern; having (something) to do with
press officer; press secretary
declaration; statement; proclamation
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; flatterer; sycophant; brown-noser
to run away (e.g. from work); to escape; to skip (school); to end a round with less than 20 points
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
concession hunter; profiteer
munitions industry; war industry