easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
war; battle; match; game; competition
battlefield; battleground
depending on; dependent on
selection; choice; picking out
organization; organisation; forming
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
cooperation; collaboration
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
don't you think?; indicates question
to bend oneself forward (esp. in curiosity or excitement); to hang out (e.g. over a balcony)
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
with all due respect; if I may make bold to ask
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)
indescribable; having no way to express
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
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
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
proposal; proposition; suggestion