to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
at; in; at; when; by; with
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
disgrace; humiliation; insult
to be smeared; to be covered
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
name; given name; first name
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
meaning; significance; sense
further; above (that); greater (than that); any more
about; on; regarding; per; for every
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
chief; main; principal; major
each country; every country; various countries; all countries
root; source; origin; cause
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
to dilute; to water down; to thin; to soften (e.g. a statement, impression, etc.); to weaken (e.g. an effect); to tone down
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
few decades; many decades; several decades
the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
to worry about; to be anxious about; to be concerned about; to lament; to grieve; to mourn
-less; lacking; non-existing
winner; victor; conqueror
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
another place; some other place; another (person or thing); other; beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.); outside
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to wander from place to place; to change jobs
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
legend; folklore; tradition
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; indulgent
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
pulverization; pulverisation; reducing to pieces; crushing; smashing
still; even now; to this day