honourable defeat; honorable defeat; honourable death; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
doing whatever one pleases
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to haul down; to drag down; to pull down; to tow off; to force out; to dethrone
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
high-spirited; cheerful; assertive; vigorous
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on; to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on
coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to slip out (e.g. from one's fingers); to cleanly forget
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
long ago; a long time ago; already
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to pick up; to find; to gather