woman; female; feminine gender
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
as planned; according to plan
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
to be broken; to break; to break (down); to stop working; to fall through (of a plan, deal, etc.); to collapse
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
successively; one after another
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
all present; all concerned; all of us
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
to pause; to have a short intermission
to fall off; to tumble down
inner part; interior; living quarters (at the back of a house); inner room; recesses (of one's mind); bottom (of one's heart)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
very small; tiny; insignificant
crushing to death; crushing (hope, freedom, etc.); suppression; quashing
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
striking on the side; side blow; slanting (rain, snow, etc.); driving
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
to kick; to treat (a person) poorly; to walk all over (someone)
dance of death; danse macabre