early ripening rice; early-ripening fruit (grain, etc.); person who becomes physically or mentally mature at an early age
exhausting work; hard work; severe duty
drama; play; powerful drug
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, handicap, etc.); overcoming; bringing under control; subjugation; victory over
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
(two) matchless things; (two) matchless people; pair of bright jewels
military general skilled at strategy
brave general; great soldier
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
lodging; relay station; post town; constellation; mansion (in Chinese astronomy)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
on the occasion of; at the time of
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
government service; the bureaucracy
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
ingenuity; resourcefulness
pair; the two; both persons; both things
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
that is to say; so that means
strong defense; strong defence
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
hills and fields; countryside
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
ring; band; ring; circum-
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
quick-witted and agile; keen and nimble