survival; survivor; relic
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
each nation; many nations; many countries
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
entire world; whole world; world stage
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
several years; a few years
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
interference; intervention; meddling
form; shape; figure; visage
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
that is to say; so that means
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
to resort to violence; to use force; to be able to get; to be able to afford; to jab; to swing at a bad ball (baseball)
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
master; teacher; stable master
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
Japanese sword (usu. single-edged and curved); Japanese bladed weapon
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
the seven prismatic colors (colours)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
maneuver to return a sword to its scabbard
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to accept (a thing) with thanks
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there