contrast; antithesis; comparison
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
any; at all; in the least; even in a slight degree; ever
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
bow and arrow; weapon; arms
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
figure of speech; rhetorical flourish
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
(one's) family; dependents; household; follower; retainer; underling
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
penalty; sentence; punishment
owl (esp. the Ural owl, Strix uralensis)
severe; harsh; rigorous; trenchant; scathing; sharp
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
public indignation; anger (as a citizen)
weak; feeble; delicate; frail; helpless
the people; the public; the world
beauty or ugliness; personal appearance; looks
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
one's wife; one's wife and daughter or daughters
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to collect; to assemble; to gather
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment