one may well say so, but ...; even more than
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
fifth day of the month; five days
emperor (of Japan); mikado
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
destruction; annihilation; extermination
appropriate (e.g. authorities); concerned; relevant; said; aforementioned; competent
sudden; lightning; immediate; shocking
beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition
to place (in relation to the whole); to rank; to position; to locate
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
third day of the month; three days
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
not a little; not a few; considerable
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
seventh day of the month; seven days
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
strategic withdrawal; strategic retreat
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
thousands; several thousand
unprecedented; unique; unparalleled