the big two ...; two major ...; two main ...
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
death by hanging (punishment in the ritsuryō system)
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark
about; concerning; related to; -ish
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy
communality; community; having something in common
that's a different matter; that's a different story
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
(even) if only a little; to some extent; in the slightest way
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse; correspondence; balance; miai; two different options such that if one player takes one, the other player can take the other
Sui dynasty (of China; 581-618)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
great joy; delight; jubilation
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
recompense; indemnity; atonement
to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher
to model (something) on; to be modelled on; to be made in the shape of; to symbolize; to represent
level ground; plain; flatland
to match; to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
destination (one is heading towards); goal
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district