to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
finally; at last; ultimately; in the end
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
honor; honour; credit; prestige
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
national border; provincial border
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
hailing each other; acting in concert; responding (to); agreement; concord
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
new government; new administration
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
war; battle; match; game; competition
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
Japanese person; Japanese people
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
throwaway; disposable; single-use
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to collect; to assemble; to gather
by sheer strength; by brute force