fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
the other day; a few days ago
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
in comparison to; rather than
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
trampling down; overrunning; infringement; violation
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
ruler; monarch; sovereign
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
every place; various places
to bring; to take; to bring about
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
special; particular; peculiar; unique
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)