comfort; consolation; diversion
soldier; combatant; warrior
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
fidelity; honour; honor; chastity (of a woman); faithfulness (e.g. to one's husband)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to avoid; to refrain from; to shun; to detest
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
decapitated head of an enemy
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
3000; three thousand; many
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
fame (for one's bravery); great renown
postwar period; period after Second World War
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
one cause; one reason; one factor
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
same kind (race); homogeneousness
to be perturbed; to be agitated
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
to cut off (a relationship)