conclusion; decision; end; settlement
national border; provincial border
in the mountains; among the mountains
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
that is to say; so that means
outbreak of war; starting a war
information; news; report; reward; retribution
to understand; to make out
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
to be satisfied (with an explanation, apology, etc.); to be happy
ingenuity; resourcefulness
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
fierce (fight, competition, etc.); severe; hot; hard; bitter; keen
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
wet nurse; nursing mother
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
pair; the two; both persons; both things
enmity; antagonism; hostility
Welsh onion (species of scallion, Allium fistulosum)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
to occur one after another; to happen in succession
night attack; nocturnal assault
medicated bath; (medical) decoction; infusion; medicinal hot spring
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious