hard struggle; strenuous effort
to surround; to crowd around
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
Boshin War (Japanese civil war between Imperial and shogunate forces; 1868-1869)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War; 1868-1869)
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
attitude to life; form of existence; way of life
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize