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.)
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to stick it out (until the end)
raging fire; conflagration
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
war; battle; match; game; competition
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
god of war; (fig.) war hero
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
broadcast(ing) satellite; BS; satellite television
last stand; last bastion; last stronghold; last frontier
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)