to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
to take along; to hold in the hand; to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
source of river; fountainhead
thicket; coppice; brushwood
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
casualties; the killed and wounded
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
injured person; wounded person; casualty
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to writhe; to squirm; to wriggle
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
breath; breathing; tone; mood
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
each; (arch.) you (plural)
plan; trick; plot; stratagem; scheme; trap
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
moment by moment; hour by hour
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
domestic animals; livestock; cattle
reins; bridle; control; the reins (on)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points