general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
defense; defence; protection
strict order; peremptory command
assistance; backing; reinforcements
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to send or direct a person to
ingenuity; resourcefulness
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
(within a) territory; domains
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
broad; vast; boundless; wide
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
light blue; pale blue; aqua
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
withered reeds (esp. reeds that have withered in the winter)
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
this is why; this means; it is the case that
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
personal appearance; character; personality
skeleton; skeletal structure; build; framework
swelling; enlargement; becoming fat; hypertrophy
China; Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE); Han (majority Chinese ethnic group); man
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important