study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
reality; actuality; hard fact
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
at that time; in those days
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
technique; art; skill; move
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
concentration (of efforts, forces, etc.); gathering together; regimentation; marshalling; mobilization
cooperation; collaboration
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
surroundings; environs; circumference
within; inside of; less than
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
100,000; hundred thousand
one breath; time of one breath; pause; break; (doing in) one go; doing without stopping
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
charm; incantation; spell; curse
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping