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.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
raging fire; conflagration
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
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
rare; extraordinary; singular
to be breathtaking; to be stifling
offense and defense; offence and defence
by means of; due to; because of; according to
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
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.
deck (e.g. ship, tape, cassette, observation, train vestibule)
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
again; once more; a second time
summons; summonsing; citation; subpoena; arraigning; calling
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do