it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
support; mutual aid; cooperation; approval; authorization; authorisation
main principle; gist; general plan; guidelines; outline
continuous; sustained; sustainable; durable; persistent
crude construction; crude manufacture
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
one-coin (i.e. able to be paid for with only one coin, esp. a 500-yen coin, sometimes a 100-yen coin); costing 500 yen; costing 100 yen
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to be too late (to be of use)
deck (of playing cards on table, face down, from which cards are drawn); stack; draw pile; tag verifying one has permission to take plants and trees from common land (Edo period)
protracted war; war of attrition
unreality; becoming disconnected from reality
daruma; tumbling doll; Bodhidharma; prostitute
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
speaker; one who is skilled at speaking
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
double-edged; double-edged blade
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to gather up into one's arms; to lift; to carry
quirk of fate; twist of fate; (an) irony