to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
in accordance with; according to
Wu; region in China, south of the lower Yangtze; Wu; Southern Wu; Wu; Eastern Wu
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
mountain road; mountain trail
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
imperial mausoleum; Emperor's tomb; big hill
to make good one's escape; to escape to a safe place; to make one's getaway; to effect one's escape
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to run away; to escape safely
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
thorny shrub; wild rose; briar; thorn; cusp
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
settlement; conclusion; summary
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation