to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
weak opponent; weak enemy
hard fighting; close contest
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
hills and fields; countryside
state of an illness; condition of a patient
suddenly; all at once; rapidly
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
middle of the night; dead of night
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
near; close; beside; third person
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
national border; provincial border
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
surrender (fall) of a castle
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
sparing a life; clemency; reconsideration of an employee's dismissal
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
favour; favor; obligation; debt of gratitude
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
tenacity; indomitableness; dauntlessness; inflexibility
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryo system)
dozens; scores of; decades
all obstacles; all sorts of trouble
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); victory; strictness; cruelty
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side
grain thief; sharpened tube for testing rice in bags; sashimi (sliced raw fish); stabbing; piercing
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention