combat power; fighting strength
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect
commander; commanding officer; CO
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to lay aside; to set aside
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
then; well; so; well then
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to do someone in; to bump someone off
encirclement; encircling net; tight besiegement
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (someone's) side
worship; adoration; admiration; cult
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
war situation; progress of a battle
to rally; to make a comeback
design; idea; conception; plan
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
daring; fearless; intrepid; bold; tough
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind