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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.)
(not) the slightest bit; (not) the least; (not) at all
roundup (criminals, animals, etc.); manhunt; crackdown; swoop; raid
to knock down the price of; to make a successful bid (for an article); to buy at auction
grey moustache; white beard
wheat straw; barley straw
deva and naga; heavenly dragon
to smash violently; to crush
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
Hades (Greek god); Pluto (Roman god)
to save; to leave over; to spare
Emishi; historical term for non-Yamato peoples in northern Japan; Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands)
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
new era; new period; new age; new epoch
extreme foolishness; grave stupidity; big fool; damn idiot; utter fool
person with a bounty on their head
black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery
archipelago; group of islands
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world