to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
government forces; government troops
to make one's own; to take possession of
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
detour; circumvention; turning movement
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
mountain river; mountain stream
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
to burn; to roast; to broil; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
to surround; to crowd around
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
all present; all concerned; all of us
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares