no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
urging soldiers to fight more vigorously
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
small hill; low hill; hillock
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; acting arbitrarily without consultation
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
adherence (to custom, tradition)
time for battle; military secrets; strategy
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
to sacrifice oneself; to die a martyr
spirits of war dead; person of great ability; soul of a talented person
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
all (there is); as long as there is
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (e.g. in tennis)
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
now that; since; so long as; because
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...