if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.)
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
troubled times; turbulent times
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
-less; lacking; non-existing
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
beyond that point; after that
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
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.)
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
descent (to earth, esp. of a god); advent; epiphany; arrival (of an important person); appearance
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
to bring; to take; to bring about
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan