air battle; dog fight; aerial battle
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
departure (from a base); takeoff; launch; starting (to move; of a car); start; moving off
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
no!; no no!; no, not at all
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
person killed in action; the war dead
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
all present; all concerned; all of us
several; a few; number; quantity; counting; calculation; number
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
launch (of a rocket, satellite, etc.); lift-off; end (of a project, theatrical run, etc.); close; party to celebrate the successful completion of a project (run of performances, etc.); wrap party
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
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
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
to make way for; to make room for; to get out of the way; to pave the way for; to open up opportunity
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
maid; helper; help; assistance
soldier; combatant; warrior
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
purple lightning; flash; swordflash
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to pause; to have a short intermission