early on; earlier on; from early
Kamakura shogunate (1185-1333)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
how; in what way; how about
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to signal the winner of a match (by the referee raising his fan towards the winner); to declare someone the winner (of a competition)
one's mind; one's heart; one's intention
bold; audacious; impudent; unashamed; unabashed
to expose; to disclose; to lay bare; to confess
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
numerator; molecule; member; element
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
dignity; majesty; dignified manner
without; but if; otherwise; or else
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
whip; lash; scourge; stick; cane; rod
to encourage to do (something); to urge a person on; to demand action; to spank; to give a spanking; to hit someone on the bottom
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
rebellion; great uprising
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
ordinary; common; mediocre
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
with the exception of; excepting; excluding