a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
torture to death; torment to death
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
incomparable; cannot compare (with); beyond comparison; in another league
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
account of a (sports) game
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
use; utilization; utilisation; application
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
outside of; not covered by
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
mental; mental health; mental state; mental resolve
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out