labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
main theater of war; principal battlefield
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
although at this late hour; now, although it is too late; afresh; anew; again
cold reception; inhospitality
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
opposite; reverse; contrary
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
dramatic pose; grand gesture; grandstanding
to comb down; to smooth down
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
every single word and phrase; word by word
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
throwing stone; sling stone; slingshot; pellet; pebble; small rock
trust; confidence; credence
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
feeling; sensation; mood; sensation of doing
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
scene; spectacle; sight; view
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
recollection; retrospection; reflection; reminiscence
information; making a report (to a superior)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
friendly fire; killing each other by mistake; internecine strife
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
distinguished war service; merit of war