person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
samurai; warrior; military family
nature; property; disposition
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
armed might; military power; the sword; force
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to plan one's next moves; to work out a plan
wisdom; intellectual power; intelligence; mental capacity; brains
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to govern; to manage; to subdue
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
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.)
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
regarding highly; attaching importance to
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
not limited to; not just ...
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
personality; character; individuality; personhood
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
heir; inheritor; successor
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
succession struggle; succession race
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy