next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young (animal); young woman; offshoot
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
dry riverbed; river beach
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
site; point on a map; spot
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
other; another; over; more than; I; me
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
while; even though; despite
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
tenth day of the month; ten days
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
very; much; greatly; a lot of
to be pleased; to be in a good mood
condition; situation; prospects
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)