unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to use excessively; to use too much; to spend too much; to overwork someone
Giants (Japanese baseball team)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
to pulverize; to break into pieces; to beat to a pulp; to defeat completely; to crush
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
negotiable; further discussion needed
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
battle formation; military formation
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
V-shape (battle formation); crane wings
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
to chip (off); to shave off; to sharpen; to dampen (one's enthusiasm, interest, etc.); to reduce
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to claim lives; to cause deaths; to result in fatalities
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
having said that; be that as it may
spontaneous discharge; sudden outburst; accidental gun discharge
big frame; large figure; huge body
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
long (esp. of photographic film); lengthy
wood chip; splinter; worthless thing; worthless person
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)