older brother; elder brother
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
strongest ever; most powerful in history
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae
tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem
such ... as; or some such
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
ancestor who rejuvenated a dynasty or a family
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
while; during; while; although; all; both
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor