the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
class-A; A class; A grade
to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.); to slice (off); to lop (off); to cut (off)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to recall; to remember; to recollect
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
The Tale of the Heike; Heike Monogatari
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
Jetavana Monastery (India); Jetavana-vihara
refined; elegant; graceful; classic
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
long (time that has passed); old (story)
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
even though; despite; when
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along