heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
step; stride; counter for steps
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
commander-in-chief; Taishōgun; one of the eight gods of the koyomi
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
one's first campaign; one's first battle
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
to attack; to assault; to assail
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); Wei; kingdom in China during the Warring States period (403-225 BCE)
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
cupboard; locker; closet; wardrobe; cabinet
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
and; thereupon; because of that
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
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)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
national border; provincial border
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
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 lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion