can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
to differ; to vary; to disagree
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
process; course; mechanism
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
imperial soldier; soldier in an imperial army
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
state of the war; war situation
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
imagination; supposition; guess
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
to attempt; to test; to try out
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
to thrust before; to thrust at
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to answer; to fire back; to retort; to redo; to do over; to try again
everywhere; all over; throughout
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish