external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
nominal; in name only; only by terminology
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
stabilization; stabilisation
famine; crop failure; chronic shortage (e.g. of water)
natural calamity; disaster
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
cause for concern; reasons for uneasiness
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
critical moment; do-or-die situation
god of war; (fig.) war hero
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to check; to stop; to keep back
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to overestimate (someone); to overrate; to think too highly of; to make too much of; to give (someone) too much credit
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
firm; strong; solid; stable
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
spring day; spring sunlight
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
leadership; initiative; spearhead
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something