deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
pineapple (Ananas comosus)
street; quarter; district; area
to be forward; to be impertinent
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
nonviolence; non-harming; ahimsa
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
taking something apart and rebuilding it from scratch; wiping the slate clean; starting anew; lottery wheel
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
nonchalant air; unruffled air
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
at once; immediately; right now
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to tighten; to press hard
zaibatsu; financial conglomerate; industrial group
commander-in-chief; leader; head of a group of companies
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
burst of laughter; roar of laughter
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with