(present) head of a family
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
scale; scope; plan; structure
permanent stationing; staying permanently; resident (program, file, etc.)
common soldier; private; rank and file; small fry; underling
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to gasp for air; to pant; to be out of breath
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
one by one; one at a time; in turn
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
trivial; not amounting to much
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
terrain; geographical features; topography
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
casualties; the killed and wounded
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention