to attack; to assault; to assail
strategist; tactician; schemer
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
(courteous) invitation; call
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
invincible; ever-victorious; unconquerable; unbeaten
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
treatment; reception; service; working conditions; salary; pay
one or two; a few; small number
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
military science; strategy; tactics
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
person who has rendered distinguished service
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
after that (a substantive change occurred)
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to be opposite; to face each other
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
hundred days; lengthy time
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time