surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
accident (caused by negligence); error; blunder; fault; defect
to be exhausted; to be tired out
profiting while others fight
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to trample; to crush underfoot
accurate; correct; precise; exact
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
impossible; unlikely; improbable
after; post; ex-; after the fact; ex post
individual; private person; personal; private
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)
to be worried; to be troubled
little finger; pinky; little toe
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
throng; gathering of people
omission; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
trouble; bother; annoyance
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
to fall for (someone's smooth talk); to be taken in (by honeyed words)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
promotion; advancement; rising in rank
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
to claim victims; to leave casualties
commander; general; leader