battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
instruction; teaching; guidance; informing
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competition in which there are several evenly matched participants; hotly contested game (match, market, etc.)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
swordsman; swordswoman; fencer
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
why; how; for what reason
to lay (something) face down; to place upside down; to point downwards (one's eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (one's eyes); to lay (oneself) face down; to lie face down; to conceal
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
and so; therefore; for that reason
about; on; regarding; per; for every
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
at that time; in those days
regarding highly; attaching importance to
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
process; course; mechanism
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain