tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
duty; function; office; mission; task
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
flying column; detached force
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
extermination; annihilation
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
flight; desertion; escape
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to be hot on a person's heels
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
to win through (e.g. to the next round); to win game after game; to achieve a final victory; to fight to the end and win; to come out on top
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
speaking of ...; as for ...
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
to knock down; to knock off
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
but; however; provided that
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo); what article? (in a law); (arch.) how can?; (arch.) cannot possibly
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred