reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
will; desire; ambition; urge (e.g. creative urge)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to be unequal to the burden (job); to be too heavy a load for
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
(some) more; even more; longer; further
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
righteousness; justice; right
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
joint struggle; common (united) front
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
on the occasion of; at the time of
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly