possession; retention; maintenance
in the face of; in defiance of
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to lay the foundation (for)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
(exercising) the right to command
under the orders of; by order (command)
battlefield; battleground
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
Japan time; Japan Standard Time; JST
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
eighth day of the month; eight days
first thing in the afternoon
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
cripple; disabled person; invalid
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
heat haze; shimmer of hot air
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
packing; non-metallic seal; washer; gasket
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
counter for ships (large boats); counter for half of a pair (e.g. half of a folding screen); counter for fish, birds, arrows, etc.
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
military vessel; war fleet
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
encouragement; spurring (on); cheering (on)
to put effort into; to strain; to put strength into; to put forth effort
to think deep down (that); to tell oneself (that); to secretly believe (that)