factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
independently; individually; separately; alone; singlehanded; unassisted
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
covering; protection; backing; relief
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
conspirators; faction; cabal; clique
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
(not so) much; (not) very
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
two (long cylindrical things)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
pistol; handgun; revolver
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
gauntlet (used in Kendo); bracer; fencing glove
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
trio; gang of three; threesome
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
in one's own way or style
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
underground shopping center; underground shopping centre
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
fixing (in place); being fixed (in place); fixing (e.g. salary, capital); keeping the same; fixation (histology); user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn