to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
manner of speaking; way of speaking; intimation; lip service; words
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
fire built in an iron basket (watch fire, fishing fire, etc.); bonfire; campfire; (arch.) brothel-keeper (Edo period)
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
brilliant; bright; dazzling
desperation; struggle to the death
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
wound suffered in a fight
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to scale (mountain, flight of stairs, etc.)