standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
characteristic; feature; idiosyncrasy; spot color (in printing)
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
as is usual with; in common with
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
descendant; posterity; offspring
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
southern part; the south (of a region)
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
every place; various places
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
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
suddenly; all of a sudden; abruptly
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
(physical) growth; development
inspection; examination; checking
chief vassal; senior statesman
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
Xia dynasty (China, perhaps c. 2070-1600 BCE, perhaps mythological); Hsia dynasty
Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
Emperor Buretsu; Buretsu Tenno