reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
celebration (of a joyous occasion); blessing; giving one's blessing; blessing (from God)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
strength; toughness; bravery; boldness
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
war; battle; match; game; competition
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself (as); to change (into); to transform; to change radically (for the better)
direct control; direct supervision
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to come from; to have roots in
double; twice (as much); twofold
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to seek knowledge; to ask for instruction
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
extended-play (record); EP; European plan; European Parliament
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
metallic quality; metallicity
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
dot; point; tip; gratuity; a little; paltry
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
to be by far the best; to be much better; to excel; to be exceptional; to be prominent; to be outstanding
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else