northwestern part; the northwest
great victory; decisive victory; overwhelming victory; landslide victory
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
under the control (of); under the dominion (of)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
(national) capital (city); metropolis
very great; enormous; serious
head; leader; top; (arch.) important part
to gain fame; to make one's name
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvring
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
burn; scald; (fig.) getting one's fingers burned (e.g. poor investment, mixing with the wrong people)
spy; secret agent; spying
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to get involved or entangled in; to get mixed up in; to have something to do with; to have dealings with
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
precious orb; Cintamani stone; wish-fulfilling jewel; hōju; uppermost spherical part of a pagoda finial
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
going into battle; departure for the front; appearing (in a match); starting an election campaign
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on