simultaneous; concurrent; same time; synchronous; together
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
outbreak of war; starting a war
great war; great battle; world war
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
few decades; many decades; several decades
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
massing (of troops); gathering
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
horizon (related to land)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
international; diplomatic intercourse
direct unforked road; straight path
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
East Asian age reckoning; traditional system of age reckoning whereby newborns are considered one year old and on New Year's Day one year is added to everyone's age
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
superior; superiors; senior
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
entrance; admission; entering