army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
competing; competition; auction
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
both armies; both teams; both sides
struggle (for); scramble; contest
that is to say; so that means
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
exactly; just; punctually; exactly on time; clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.)
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
pose (in kabuki); posture
show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture
amusement; diversion (to pass time); pastime; recreation
war; fighting; fierce competition
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
dispute over water rights; dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas)
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
farmer; peasant; farming; the common people
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)
reality; actuality; hard fact
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry