war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
while (one is at it); when; on the occasion of; at the same time (as); on one's way (to); by the way
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
(emblem of) three comma-shaped figures arranged to form a circle; three-way fight; three-sided struggle
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
victory; triumph; win; conquest; success
several hundred; hundreds (of)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to lose; to miss (a chance, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
already; now; no longer; not any more
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
queen; female monarch; queen consort; consort of a king; queen; princess
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
tank (military vehicle); chariot
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
small number; few; minority
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade