large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
damage caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors); reputational damage
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation; rubbing salt into a wound
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
without cause; without reason
briskly; energetically; livelily; efficiently; crisply; vigorously
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
armed forces; military; (common) soldier; rank-and-file soldier; underling; ordinary employee
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
exchange (of words, views, punches, cups, etc.); give-and-take; reply; answer; response
armed forces; military; troops
gunfight; exchange of shots; firefight
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to crawl out of; to creep out of
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
back off!; leave me alone!
aloof; morose; (smelling) strongly; pungently; spiky (esp. of a hairstyle); sticking up straight (e.g. of plant stems)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
gunfight; firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning