tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
future; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
prizing; valuing highly; esteeming
first 10 days of the month
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
to cheat someone out of; to wangle; to get; to obtain
start; leaving; marching off
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to eagerly look forward to
discussion; deliberation; thought; opinion
winning a (legal) case; victory (in a legal case)
suspicious-looking; fishy
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
(not) even once; (not) ever
to lead; to command; to superintend; to supervise; to press; to demand