inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
bright red; crimson lotus flower
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
front; frontage; facade; main
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
body; physique; shape; form; substance; identity; field
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
fireball; bolide; fireball
in succession; one by one
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to boil up; to be thoroughly cooked
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
in the mountains; among the mountains
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
technique; art; skill; move
dozens; scores of; decades
lightly; easily; carelessly
to mow down; to cut down; to knock down; to defeat; to beat
power; might; authority; influence
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
conviction; belief; confidence
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout