hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
hard-liners; diehards; (young) man with traditionally masculine interests; tough boy; hard news; reporter who covers political and economic affairs
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to take command; to give direction
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
pull; patronage; tug; discount
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
(sound of a) gunshot; (gun) report
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
the place for; the time for; the level of
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
behind; in the rear; in back
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
running away; escaping on foot
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
the same age; same period
people; men and women; each person; everybody
feudal warrior; samurai; old soldier; veteran; old hand
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
return; coming back; second coming (e.g. of Christ); second advent; reincarnation
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
imagination; supposition; guess
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness