to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
reopening; resumption; restarting
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to die; to lay down life's burden
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
to jar; to creak; to grate
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to pant; to gasp; to be short of breath; to be excited
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
guess; conjecture; surmise
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
five (long cylindrical things)
flying column; detached force
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to roar; to reverberate; to be well-known; to be famous; to palpitate; to throb
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to kill; to choke the life out of
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to be hot on a person's heels
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
haggardness; emaciation; wasting away; being tired out; being worn out; exhaustion