moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles
in history; ever; historical
mutation; change; vicissitude
technique; art; skill; move
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
self denial; self control
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
ceaselessly; continually; all the time; incessantly
ghee (held to be the greatest of all flavours); (fig.) the ultimate truth of Buddhism; (fig.) nirvana
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
crispy; crunchy; tearing; ripping; spirited; energetic
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
conventionality; triteness
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
soldier; tactician; strategist
stale; hackneyed; cliched
each (every) time; whenever
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
food; foodstuff; eating; appetite; meal; portion
giving; provision; furnishing
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to swarm; to crowd; to flock together
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
ruins of a fire; fire-devastated area
day after day; for many days; for days on end; day in, day out
emergency; extraordinary; unusual