end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
around the clock; day and night
to come to an end; to rest
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally
to send a person on an errand
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
deterioration; getting worse; worsening; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to become damaged; to break; to worsen; to spoil (one's mood); to decrease; to diminish (profits, gains)
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
to join together; to sum up; to combine; to unite; to mix; to agree with
4th day of the month; four days
legend; folklore; tradition
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
once again; yet again; (there you go) again
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
to die by drowning; to drown
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
full load; being fully loaded (with); being full of (articles, photos, etc.; of a newspaper or magazine); being packed with (e.g. fun, excitement)
to copy; to duplicate; to describe; to depict; to imitate; to model after
therefore; for that reason; so; because of that
covering (from enemy attack); protection
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
setting sail; putting out to sea; starting anew; embarking on something new
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
li (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: fire, south)
successively; one after another
(on) land; ground; shore; track and field; athletics
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset