change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
suicide attack; kamikaze attack
second in command (of an army); vice-captain; fourth athlete to compete in a 5-on-5 team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
because of; owing to; due to
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
to make a fresh start; to turn over a new leaf; to call again; to visit again; to come again
silly person; dumb-bunny; dope
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
how much; how many; however
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
birth; creation; formation
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
nonetheless; nevertheless
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
of course; certainly; naturally
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to get late; to advance; to wear on
old wound; scar; old unpleasant incident; past misdeed
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring