drastic move (e.g. hold or strike in martial arts); power technique; display of power
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
to surround; to crowd around
Lagenaria siceraria var. gourda (variety of bottle gourd); gourd (container) made from its fruit
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
divide into four pieces; one fourth
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
one swing; one shake (e.g. of pepper); one sword
divine sword (one of the three sacred treasures)
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
five (long cylindrical things)
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
the same kind; accomplice; partner
it's not like; it isn't as if
to fight with swords; to cross swords
to pour drinks for each other; to drink together
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
peak period; pinnacle; prime; zenith; glory days
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
another name; nickname; alias; synonym (taxonomy)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
reign; being on the throne
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
Son of God; Jesus Christ; child of God; Christian; prodigy; young ace
religious organization; religious organisation
conquest; domination; mastery
low-ranking samurai; rolling three and one (in a dice game)
Edict of Milan; 313 CE edict that proclaimed religious tolerance in the Roman Empire