castle wall; town walls; defensive wall; rampart
goal to strive for; challenge
forcing (e.g. a vote); carrying out (forcibly); pushing ahead (with); enforcement
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
militant (faction, group, person, etc.); hardliner who favors force over compromise; hawk
society; public; community; social studies
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
all for the best; what is right
soil; breeding ground (for); fertile ground (for)
outdoors; outside; open air; fields; outskirts; suburbs
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
moderate; proper; just right
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
quantity of hot spring water
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
hot spring district (within a town)
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly