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when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...

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daimyo in the Warring States period

1

polite; courteous; civil; friendship; (sexual) intimacy

2

maintenance; preservation; improvement

3

farmer; peasant

2

thief; robber; burglar; bandit

4

Japan

12

history

1

warrior; samurai

5

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

5

to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)

1

new; fresh; novel

2

warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai

6

incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive

9

game

7

(fictional) character; character; personality; persona

1

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

1

excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal

5

work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income

2

expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming

2

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

10

telecommunications

1

infrastructure

1

society; the world; the times

7

Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE)

1

village

7

king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)

1

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

2

progress; advance; improvement; development

1

period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness

5

evolution; progress

2

weak person; the weak

4

a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

2

exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance; looks

1

to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over

2

to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair

1

law

6

rule; regulation

1

fact; truth; reality

7

to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone

3

does not

3

survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat

1

nature; the natural world; realm of nature

1

(divine) providence; dispensation

1

wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief

3

carnivore; carnivorous animal

1

lion (Panthera leo)

1

justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation

1

circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money

2

appendix; postscript; retrofit; post-installation; giving a reason afterwards; making an excuse after the event

1