inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to wager; to bet; to risk; to stake; to gamble
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
in that way; like that; that way
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
ability; capability; skill
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
chance (of success); odds
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
one person; another name; nickname; alias
great emperor; ... the Great
sleep brings up a child well; a well-slept child is a well-kept child
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
to think of; to come up with
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
completely; fully; entirely
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy