if; in case; supposing; worst (case); unexpected (occurence); unforeseen
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
settlement; solution; resolution
in name only; titular; nominal
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
unable to resist; unable to suppress
it cannot be that ...; it is highly unlikely that ...; it is impossible that ...
body; physical system; (the) person
to be injured; to sustain a wound
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
people; citizens; subjects; folk
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to look down on; to make light of
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
as one would expect from ...; given that ... (naturally ...); precisely because ...; all the more because of ...; on account of ...; ... being what it is
desperation; struggle to the death
postwar period; period after Second World War
to bring (news, knowledge, etc.); to introduce; to bring about; to cause; to produce (e.g. results)
putting on a brave face; put-on cheeriness; pretending one is fine; show of courage; bravado; Dutch courage
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom