military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
never mind!; don't worry about it
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to happen to hear; to overhear
to borrow; to have a loan; to hire; to rent; to buy on credit
two by two; by twos; as a couple
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
interested person; volunteer; supporter
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
degree of familiarity; popularity
dying in vain; wasteful sacrifice of life
armed forces; military; troops
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
I'm telling you this for your own good; here's some friendly advice
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
one's star; one's fortune or destiny
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
explanation; interpretation
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate
demodulation; recovery; getting back to form
buttocks; lower back; waist; kimono underskirt
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far