chief; main; principal; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
armed forces; military; troops
low (level, value, price, etc.)
ten; 10; ten years of age
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
battlefield; battleground
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
Russo-Japanese War (1904-5)
Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
power; might; authority; influence
at that time; in those days
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
First World War (1914-1918); World War I; (lit.) Great European War
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
prosperity and decay; prosperity and decline; rise and fall; ups and downs; ebb and flow; waxing and waning
observation; survey; watching
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to