to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
rear; rear unit guard; anchor (man)
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
one's long-cherished desire
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to find out; to discover; to locate
highway route (Edo period); main route
mountain road; mountain trail
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
faint breath; dying whisper; at death's door
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
condition; state (of health); appearance
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
fort; stronghold; fortification
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
recovery; rescue; recapture