deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
war; fighting; fierce competition
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
murder; homicide; manslaughter
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
urban areas; the streets; town; city
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
town; city; municipal; urban
please; somehow or other; one way or another
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
present day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
everything; anything; nothing
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
heredity; (genetic) inheritance
one's nature; one's disposition
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
earth and heaven; human and heavenly beings
beginning; outset; first; onset
reaching; attaining; arrival
to endeavor (endeavour); to try; to strive; to make an effort; to exert oneself; to be diligent
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
alone; by oneself; on one's own