views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
high ground; plateau; heights
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
piling up; multiple layers
mountain range; mountain belt
corner; nook; shade; shadow; dark circles (under the eyes); dark rings
deva and naga; heavenly dragon
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
department; section; course (of study); branch of study; (taxonomical) family
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
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
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
as is usual with; in common with
Hachiman (God of War); Hachiman shrine; (arch.) certainly
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
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)
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