safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
to attend on; to wait on; to accompany; to escort; to chaperone
decisive battle of brief duration
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading
second; number two; runner-up
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
to jar; to creak; to grate
boldly; bravely; resolutely; determinedly
advice (to a superior); counsel; proposal; suggestion; recommendation
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
image of a bride dressed in her wedding gown (wedding kimono, etc.)
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
sense of loss; feeling of loss
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
critical moment; do-or-die situation; critical juncture
one by one; in detail; minutely
rousing oneself fiercely; being intensely stirred up
being somewhat excited (agitated)
to inquire (about); to enquire; to ask; to interrogate; to question intensely; to grill (someone about something)
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
rear guard; reserve troops
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
to be frank; to drop all pretense
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
refined; admirable; superb
charm; fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to captivate
flowering; blooming; blossoming; flowering (of a civilization, talent, etc.); blossoming; blooming
commander-in-chief; supreme commander
to spread; to be propagated
brave general; great soldier
importance; emphasis; stress
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor