yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
Ryukyu; chain of southwestern Japanese islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture
on the sea; surface of the sea
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
instability; insecurity; crankiness
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
practice; practising; training; study
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
to attempt; to test; to try out
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
consequence; outcome; result; blame
I see; that's right; indeed
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
phew; whew; huff; whoo; wohoo
consciousness; becoming aware (of); awareness; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that