putting one's courage to the test
war funds; war chest; funds (for activities); campaign funds
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
evacuation (to the country); spreading out (troops); deployment; dispersal
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
adzuki bean-covered mochi; botamochi
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
detoxification; counteracting poison; neutralizing poison
rebound; relapse after a diet; regaining lost weight; return of symptoms after withdrawal of medicine
being unhuman; being removed from humanity; being unworldly
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
submarine voyage; underwater navigation
fellow; guy; chap; he; him; she
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
magazine (for a firearm); cylinder (of a revolver)
Gothic (style, e.g. in architecture); sans serif (typeface); gothic
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter