going into battle; departure for the front
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
ruler of a country; sovereign; monarch
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
royal capital; imperial capital
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
second (unit of time); arc second
ancestral shrine (temple); mausoleum (of one's ancestors); Imperial mausoleum
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
addition; increase; Canada