leader; chief; head; (another person's) head
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
foreign country; foreign land; strange land; far-off land
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
extremely fast; in a flash; too quick for the eye to catch
defensive body movement (judo, kendo, etc.)
crown; diadem; bottle cap
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
ignition; combustion; firing a blank cartridge; discharge of a gun without bullets; firing (of an event); triggering
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
kagura hall (at a shrine); sacred dance stage
Filip; Philipe; Philipp; Philippe; Phillip; Phillipe
counter for generations; epoch
battlefield; battleground
private (soldier); (common) soldier; ranks; rank and file
becoming a pupil (of); becoming an apprentice
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
to teach thoroughly; to instill (into); to instil; to inculcate; to drum (into); to drill (into)
to fluff up (e.g. a futon); to retype (e.g. a letter)
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
missing important things here and there; full of gaps; (lit.) as if the teeth of a comb were missing
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
postwar period; period after Second World War
surrounding countries; neighboring countries; neighbouring countries
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
discarding; throwing away; getting rid of; dismissal (of an employee); firing; sacking
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance