period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
tendency; trend; inclination
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
base; basis; base (e.g. military); depot; base; base bag
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
genius; prodigy; natural gift
strategist; tactician; schemer
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to make merry and forget one's troubles; to do as one pleases
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
presentation techniques; way of showing something
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
opinion; point of view; visual point
gazing at (in wonderment)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
interval; space; valley; gorge; loophole (in a wall); crenel
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
primary school; elementary school; grade school
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion