candid advice; frank advice; honest opinion; exhortation; harsh but honest advice
affirmation; affirmative (logic)
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to run off (fluid); to run down; to flow down
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
several years; a few years
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
ingenuity; resourcefulness
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
(having experienced) many battles
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
correspondence; news; letter; tidings
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
destroying; annihilating; eradicating
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
to play a part; to get involved; to take a share; to share the burden
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
mutual aid; cooperation; benefit
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
main purpose; chief aim; focus; main point; gist; essence
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
command; lead; generalship; leadership
organization; organisation; forming
review; reconsideration; revision
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice