mountain range; Lian Shan (Xia period method of Chinese divination)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
destruction; annihilation; extermination
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
base; bag; sack; fortress; stronghold
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
high ground; plateau; heights
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
departure for a specified destination
to bear in mind; to keep remembering; to note
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
twenty-first day of the month; twenty-one days
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
neighbourhood; neighborhood; all sides; frontiers (of a country); four sides (of a shape)
being filled with; being full of; permeation
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
north of a lake; north of Lake Biwa
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation
strong nation; powerful country
observation; survey; watching
battle dust; the tumult of war
fairly long period of time; (arch.) four-hour period
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
shout of victory; cry of triumph
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
brave fight; desperate fight
to pack (in box); to drive to wall
leader of a charge; first to arrive
riding; ride; spread (of paints); -seater (e.g. two-seater); (getting into the) mood; (entering into the) spirit