to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
friendly army; friendly troops; allied army
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
corpse; kanji "corpse" radical
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
penalty; sentence; punishment
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
distinguished services; meritorious deeds
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
recovery; rescue; recapture
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small