please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
honorific/polite/humble prefix
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
how many people; a number of people
be (that) as it may; having said that
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
invincible; unrivaled; unrivalled; matchless; unbeatable; undefeatable
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
Commander-in-Chief; C-in-C
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
long time; long interval; for quite some time
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
leaving a decision to someone else (often of a meal to be selected by the chef); omakase
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
general; popular; common; typical
in that way; thus; so; so?
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept