sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
transactions; dealings; business
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
the other day; a few days ago
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
low (level, value, price, etc.)
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot
apparently; appears to be
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
killing and wounding; bloodshed
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to make a great fuss; to raise a hue and cry; to make an uproar; to clamour
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
to grab attention; to attract notice; to be eye-catching
about; concerning; related to; -ish
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
wound suffered in a fight