for dear life; barely escaping alive
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
creating a (usually favorable) environment
fortune; property; life circumstances; finances; one's worth; one's merit
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
flash (of light); glint; schiller
vitality; energy; dynamism
fold; pleat; folds (e.g. of a mountain); crease; (hidden) detail; nuance
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to exert oneself; to make efforts
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
to be pleased; to gloat; to glow with self-satisfaction
finally; in the end; on top of all that
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
bare livelihood; subsistence
filial piety; showing devotion (to someone)
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
ten; 10; (arch.) book containing a collection of poems
penetrating eyes; insightfulness
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; after all