skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
wounded person; injured person
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
right (to do something); authority; power
facial flushing; drink-reddened face; having a hoarse voice after drinking; raspiness caused by over-drinking
to be sore; to be inflamed; to be bleary; to be dissipated; to be dissolute; to indulge in
sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)
staring (e.g. eyes); goggling; glaring
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
locality; local area; local stock exchange; local dealer
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
work; business; company; study
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
to total; to sum; to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
interest; rights; concession
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to act as one pleases; to throw one's weight around; to have everything one's own way
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
dotage; feeble-minded old man; senile old fool; dotard
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
to smash violently; to crush
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to lay the blame on
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to fit; to get into; to be fit for (a job, etc.); to be suited for; to fall into; to plunge into
white sandbar; white sandbank; area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles; gravel separating a noh stage from the audience; (arch.) court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)