war; fighting; fierce competition
action of making something; -ification
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy
person killed in action; the war dead
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
nothing but; none other than
evil or corrupt or abusive practice
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
loser; defeated person; the defeated
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times
homecoming; return to one's home
stranger; person from abroad
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
the five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millet (awa and kibi))
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
distinction; differentiation; classification
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
brutal (atmosphere, society, etc.); savage; fierce; violent; bloodthirsty; stark
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
natural; inborn; inherent; innate
for that very reason; that is exactly why ...; as expected; just as one thought; sure enough
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound
many; much; plenty; hardly
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over