war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
chance (of success); odds
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
beginning; outset; first; onset
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
sulfuric acid; sulphuric acid
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
that's the way it is; such is life
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
in this way; thus; such; uh...