restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
to check; to stop; to keep back
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
short sword; dagger; stiletto; hour hand (of a clock)
to be injured; to sustain a wound
grapple; scuffle; fight; defeating one's enemy on the battlefield
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
order of chivalry; chivalric order
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
in order; sequential; seriatim
each nation; many nations; many countries
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
establishment; settlement
state of the war; war situation
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
war; fighting; fierce competition
almost; roughly; approximately
main force; chief object; mainline
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement