war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
dear; darling; adorable; precious; cute; lovely
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
messenger; envoy; emissary
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
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
non-stop talking; speaking indiscreetly; chattering; thin; flimsy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
buried gold; buried treasure
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
deputy head; deputy director; vice chief (of something); executive officer (navy)
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
war; fighting; fierce competition
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
true character; true heart; true spirit
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that