to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
family name; professional name
torture to death; torment to death
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
lightning; thunder; god of thunder; god of lightning; anger; fit of anger
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
imperial throne; the Crown
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
modesty; humility; being humble
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
sympathy; empathy; response
to refer to; to use as reference
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to take advantage of one's carelessness; to perform a surprise attack
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable