greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
moat; fosse; trench; ditch
carving; engraving; chiselled features
mountain stream; mountain torrent
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
natural defences; natural defenses; steep place
inspection; examination; checking
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
all-out attack; general offensive
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
leader of a charge; first to arrive
head; lead; vanguard; first
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
fortress (surrounded by a wall, moat, etc.)
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
muscle stiffness (esp. in shoulders); lump (in tissue, esp. breast); swelling; lingering discomfort; uneasiness
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with