to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
we'll cross that bridge when we get there; we'll think about it when the time comes
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
harsh (taste, feeling, etc.); acrid; sharp (language, question, etc.); biting; nasty; gross
coming flying in (migratory birds, airborne sand, pollen, etc.); coming by airplane
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
a few years ago; some years back
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade
Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis
sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
to manage a state; to govern a country
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to waive one's right; to waive a right
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
war; fighting; fierce competition
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to accept; to receive; to agree
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
to defy; to disobey; to rebel against; to oppose; to resist