war; fighting; fierce competition
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
it seems so; that's what it looks like
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
speaker; narrator; speaker (of a language)
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
baseball player; ballplayer
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom
something; some kind of; for some reason
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
doing whatever one pleases
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
situation; state of things; current affairs
control; bringing under control; settling (a matter); putting in order
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism