to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
simple substance (e.g. chemical); something standing alone; separate item; solo item
an army; the whole army; the entire force; first team; first-string players; the cool kids
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
to check; to stop; to keep back
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
fireball; ball of fire; will-o'-the-wisp; jack-o'-lantern
battlefield; battleground
pillar of fire; blazing column
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
to struggle for; to compete with; to vie with
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
falling over; toppling sideways
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind
just before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
seat (esp. in public places or places with assigned seating); seating
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to send (something) flying; to splatter; to drive (something) off
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
entrails; giblets; tripe; offal
to avert one's eyes; to avoid looking straight at something; to cover one's eyes