friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
since; for the past ... (e.g. ten years); this person; this gentleman
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
sweeping victory; easy victory
complete victory; total victory
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
way of the sword; swordsmanship
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
(having) two choices; choice between two things
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to have one's name entered (in a list)
fame; popularity; reputation
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
being stuck between a rock and a hard place; being in a dilemma; being torn between conflicting demands
practising martial arts; training in martial arts
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
village; human habitation; human settlement
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to surge; to well up; to gush out
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
law; act; method; mood; dharma; law
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person