holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
defense; defence; fielding
violence by weight of numbers; tyranny of the majority
return (home); repatriation; feedback (in an electronic circuit, biological system, etc.)
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
eye; eyeball; (arch.) pupil and (dark) iris of the eye; (arch.) insight; (arch.) perceptivity; (arch.) look
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
to throw into; to dump in together
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically; strategy; tactics
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
spot; point; place; position
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
armed forces; military; troops
level ground; plain; flatland
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
notebook; account book; register
postwar period; period after Second World War
interior design; interior; upholstery
to smoke a cigarette; to smoke
to put one's life on the line
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
eccentric; crank; weirdo; oddball
just a handful; only a small number (of)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
rather; sooner; preferably; on the contrary; if anything
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out; to hand (over); to give
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing