swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
bone; firm; uncompromising
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
daily employment; hiring by the day; day's wages
frost; white hair; grey hair; gray hair
late blooming (flower, talent); late flowering
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
something's wrong (with someone); not right (in the head); not oneself; crazy; nuts
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
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to get tired; to become exhausted; to become worn out; to become battered (from long use); to get tired of (doing); to get fed up with
archery; mapping; map; morphism
other than; excluding; without
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
this is why; this means; it is the case that
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
obligation; favour; favor; debt of gratitude
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
brutal; cruel; merciless; ruthless; cold-blooded
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
white gooseweed (Chenopodium album); fat hen; lamb's-quarters; pigweed
tediously; repetitively; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
telling others; revealing to others; letting out a secret
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to stand in (someone's) place; to be in a (certain) position
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come