appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
difficult problem; challenge
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
honor; honour; credit; prestige
simile; metaphor; allegory; parable
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
rescue mission; evacuation operation
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
fight; scuffle; walking about; walking around; conducting oneself; stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
casualties; the killed and wounded
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
ill-natured; mean; nasty; sadistic; cruel; mean-spirited
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
gradually becoming poor; situation getting gradually worse and worse
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; pregnant (pause etc.)
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
to hold something reverently with both hands