surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
surrounding at a distance
torture to death; torment to death
shaft (of an arrow); arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica)
busy; having no (free) time
to fall in love (for the first time); to know love; to be compassionate
to get blurry vision; to get bleary eyes; to get dim eyesight
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to rush over; to run up to
vassals; retainers; followers
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to pierce; to shoot through; to penetrate
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
second year of junior high school; second-year junior high school student
calamity; disaster; accident
ambush; troops in ambush; unexpected opposition; unexpected obstacle
deep affection; devotion; profound attachment
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
now that; since; so long as; because
flinchingly; falteringly; being overwhelmed; staggeringly; totteringly; unsteadily
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
wound suffered in a fight
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
to come off; to slip down; to slip off
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to sheathe; to govern; to manage; to control
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
to stand on end (hair, fur); to bristle; to ruffle (up)
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
hook; hook bracket (Japanese quotation mark)