biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
troubled times; turbulent times
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
defeating barbarians (esp. the Emishi); conquering barbarians
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to conquer; to subjugate; to overcome
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
progress; advance; improvement; development
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
utmost limits; extremity; limit
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
natural defences; natural defenses; steep place
to be led by; to be headed by
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
beyond human understanding
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest