war; battle; match; game; competition
remarkable; striking; obvious
to happen to meet; to come across; to run into; to bump into
readiness; (mental) preparedness; resolution; determination; resignation (to one's fate)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to nail (to something); to nail down; to bang (e.g. one's head); to knock; to throw (at a wall, on the floor, etc.); to fling (at)
either way; in any case; one way or another
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
original method; original procedure; genuine way (of doing something)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; intention; mind; mood
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
that day; the very same day
training; drill; practice; discipline
training (for a skill, job, sport, etc.); practice; working out; workout; (strength, weight) training
to fall behind; to lag behind; to be outdistanced; to be beaten
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to some extent; to a certain extent
grasp (of the situation, meaning, etc.); understanding; control; hold; grip
image (on a screen); picture (e.g. on a TV); video; film; reflection; image (in one's mind)
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of