to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
emotional attachment; attitude (expressing emotion); meditative pose (e.g. an actor); posing for effect
match fixing; put-up job; fixed game
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
way of reciting; way of telling a story
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
honor; honour; credit; prestige
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
powerful army; strengthening of the military
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
(arch.) sitting outdoors; room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion; temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
cruelty; hard-heartedness
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
thickheaded; insensitive; dull; thick-skinned
to part left and right; to open out
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
ferocious; fierce; audacious; impudent; shameless
winning after defeat seems certain; coming from behind to win
to find a clear solution; to come to a clean decision; to give a clear explanation; to divide exactly (without remainder); to divide evenly