discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
uninhabited island; desert island
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
depending on the circumstances; due to (with modifying verb)
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
long time; long interval; for quite some time
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
house; dwelling; human habitation
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
way; method; means; (technical) specification
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Japanese person; Japanese people
interpreter (in the Edo period)
to employ; to hire; to charter
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of
food; foodstuff; prey; victim