before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
front; frontage; facade; main
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
dark blue ground; dark blue cloth
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to surge; to well up; to gush out
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
watchful waiting; careful supervision
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
threat; intimidation; menace
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
powerful local clan; local strongman
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
stationing (e.g. of troops); garrison
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend