friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "u"
when it becomes; when it comes to
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
you could say; you might say; verging on the
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
flapping; rattling (sound); noisily; commotion; kerfuffle
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to step over or across; to overcome
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
from the viewpoint of; according to
rising up; towering; plump; chubby; shaggy; hairy
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
plank of a bridge; bridge plank
state of mind; mentality; psychology
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
site; point on a map; spot
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
first Sanskrit alphabet letter; Africa; Awa (old province of Japan); (arch.) prefixed to names to show intimacy
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
getting deeply involved; going deeply into; going too far (into something)
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
small spiral-shelled snail; spiral shellfish
to blow a conch; to blow a trumpet shell; to blow the war horn
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine