assertion; declaration; affirmation
war of aggression; war of conquest
meaning; significance; sense
host; landlord; innkeeper
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
losing everything; suffering a total loss; coming to nothing; (lit.) having lost the interest and the principal
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
extermination (of pests); eradication; stamping out (e.g. a social evil)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
much less; to say nothing of
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to steal; to rob; to take away
to do someone in; to bump someone off
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; of different heights; uneven
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
killing; destruction of life; cruel; heartless; callous
intensive; concentrated; focused
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
discovery; detection; finding
(attacking and) sinking (a ship); sending (a ship) to the bottom; crushing defeat; utter failure; complete exhaustion; collapsing (onto a bed, desk, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
small-sized; small-scale; miniature; small; little; tiny
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
encounter; running into; meeting with (e.g. an accident); being confronted with (e.g. a difficulty)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)