easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
traffic sign painted on the road
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to move forward; to move on
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
high ground; plateau; heights
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run)
gathering edible wild plants
tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
to change completely; to change suddenly
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
guard on sword, polearms, etc.; flange; brim; visor (e.g. of a hat)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
road over a mountain pass
crossing a border (illegally); border violation; border transgression
to understand from experience
soft; tender; gentle; mild; informal; light
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
another prefecture; other prefectures
winding (e.g. electrical); winding; curving; hair style with tightly wound curls
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
becoming a lordless samurai
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast