military force; military strength
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
leader; guide; mentor; coach
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect
mental derangement; madness; insanity
difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
powerful person; influential person
the same; the said; likewise
director (of the provincial governors under the ritsuryo system)
doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
counter for leaves, pieces of paper, etc.; (arch.) counter for boats
cyborg; cybernetic organism
recurrence; recursion; reflective
starting point; point of departure
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
sense of loss; feeling of loss
education; training; discipline
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to thrust down; to push off
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
near; close by; within reach; familiar
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
top of the head; vertex; parietal
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse