trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
each; (arch.) you (plural)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
beginning; outset; first; onset
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
armed might; military power; the sword; force
heroism; loyalty and courage
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
colony; (Japanese) settlement (in Brazil)
temporarily; short period; once; one morning
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
descent; fall; drop; passing down (of an order, decree, etc.)
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
Saint; St.; S.; sacred; holy; pure
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
pirate; sea robber; buccaneer; freebooter
to tremble violently; to shudder up; to shake
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
conquest; subjugation; overcoming
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
domination; rule; direction; management; control (e.g. over one's emotions); determining (e.g. one's fate)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent