reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for
to curse; to cast a spell; to haunt; to cause a bad result; to bring about a negative outcome
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
hilt (of a sword); haft (of a dagger); handle; handgrip
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
last night; yesterday evening
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
loser; defeated person; the defeated
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
eastern army (e.g. in a civil war); Eastern Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
war; battle; match; game; competition
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
other; another; over; more than; I; me
pickling in salt; leaving unchanged; leaving unused
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
(divine) revelation; divine oracle
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)