thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
high efficiency; high performance
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
exhaustion; consumption; using up; dissipation; waste
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
archer; bowman; bow-wielding soldier; crossbow soldier
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
Imperial Guard (Meiji); personal guard
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)
hunting ground; hunting preserve
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
disorder; disturbance; unrest
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
well aware of; know thoroughly; being familiar with (and thus feeling no need for restraint)
cannot be helped; unavoidable
suicidal act; self-destroying action; suicidal action
myself; yourself; I; me; you
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
locational advantage; advantageous position