to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
adherent; devotee; believer
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
feeling; sense; impression
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
Japanese person; Japanese people
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
war; fighting; fierce competition
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
generation; the world; the age
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
Japan Self-Defense Forces; JSDF; self-defence force; self-defense force
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of