will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
excessive; too much; unreasonable
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
compensation; reparations; indemnity; damages
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
outbreak of war; starting a war
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
8000; eight thousand; many
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
street fighting; urban warfare
10th day of the month; ten days
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
pardon; extenuation; borrowing; phonetic loan character; loangraph
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
various countries; various regions; various provinces
one's relationships; people one knows; circle of friends
stranding; running aground
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
interval; break; pause; gap (e.g. in the clouds); rift; cleft
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
at a stroke; with a single swoop
on bad terms; at loggerheads
foreign enemy; outside invader
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop; knight (court card in mekuri karuta and unsun karuta)
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
especially; particularly; unusually; (arch.) additionally
leopard (Panthera pardus)
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult