the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to; (lit.) good medicine tastes bitter
heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)
by (from) choice; by (for) preference; of one's own accord; of one's (own) free will; on purpose; deliberately
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
daimyo in the Warring States period
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
spraying; sprayer; atomizer; atomiser
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
plaster; patch; ointment; liniment
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
death in battle; death on the battlefield
great wealth; enormous fortune
to run away; to escape safely
important point; strategic position; key point
change of voice (during puberty); break of voice
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
anxiety (about the future)
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
castle tower; keep; donjon
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
viceroy; governor-general
mouth-to-mouth feeding; beak-to-beak feeding; mouth-to-mouth (resuscitation); conveying by word of mouth; oral tradition
to be worn down; to be reduced