slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
metal ring; metal hoop; trivet; train wheel; train
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
corpulence; fatness; obesity
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment
to jump (out of the way); to jump back; to jump aside
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; (lit.) the weak are meat the strong do eat
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
every year; yearly; annually
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to be born; to come into the world
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
employer's house; master's house
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
village; hamlet; settlement
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
such; like that; that sort of; very