surrender (fall) of a castle
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
high class; high grade; high rank; seniority
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to break the silence; to break one's silence
in good health; alive and well; going strong
to drive away; to scatter; to rout
to pitch camp; to set up camp
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
possession; occupation; occupancy
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
powerful family; powerful clan
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
split; division; break up
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
along the road; at the side of the road
flag; banner; ensign; emblem
blur; blurred; indistinct
Awa (former province located in present-day Tokushima Prefecture)