to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
already; now; no longer; not any more
correction; rectification; mending; repair
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests
rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
to push aside; to brush aside
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to thrust away; to send flying
to jostle; to shove and push; to struggle with one another
invisible; unseen; vague; mysterious; imaginary
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
nonetheless; nevertheless; but; (and) yet
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
total destruction; complete destruction; annihilation; total defeat; complete failure
isolation; being alone; being friendless
honour; honor; glory; renown
surging sea; rough sea; large waves
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
scar on one's forehead; frontal wound
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyo; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
river; stream; River; the ... river
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)