qualifications; requirements; capabilities
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
to temper thoroughly; to train well
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to bring; to take; to bring about
to settle (in a place); to settle down
deterioration; degradation; drop in quality; becoming unattractive (because of aging)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
every place; various places
strong person; the strong; the powerful
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
possession; retention; maintenance
spatula; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
golden age; prime; heyday; season (for fruit, vegetables, etc.); best time
successive generations; successive emperors
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
king; monarch; ruler; champion
supreme ruler; autocrat; dynast; high king
two (long cylindrical things)
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
one eye; eye (for pictures, etc.)
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to be absorbed in reading
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
favourite book; favorite book
holiness; sacredness; sanctity; dignity
last chapter (book, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject