great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to cut up; to cleave; to spare (time, money, etc.); to use part of something; (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
profound; deep; grave; solid; dignified; stately
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
battle formation; lineup (e.g. for a game)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
offensive (movement); aggression
in one go; in one gulp; in one breath; immediately; instantly; right away
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to escape from; to get out
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
hard struggle; strenuous effort
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
reliable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
slight; light; thin; faint; dim
to grow light; to become white; to turn grey (gray)
last night; yesterday evening
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
self-consciousness; self-awareness