accelerated; accelerating; gathering speed
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to fall down; to fall over; to roll; to tumble; (arch.) (for a geisha) to prostitute (herself) in secret
to pair with; to pair up; to pair off
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
firing; shooting; fire; gunshot; marksmanship
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be beyond words; to defy description
divining sticks; counting; calculation
dry riverbed; river beach
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
information; news; report; reward; retribution
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Bungo (former province located in present-day Ōita Prefecture)
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce
underling; subordinate official
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
stealing a march on; getting a head start; secretly acting before others; solo raid on an enemy's camp (for glory)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to bear fruit; to produce fruit
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)