abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
of course; certainly; naturally
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
nothing but; none other than
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to be perturbed; to be agitated
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to join forces; to cooperate
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to gather; to collect; to assemble
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
adds force or indicates command
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to cut corners; to be shoddy
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to squash; to crush; to flatten
huge rock; firmness; solidity
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in