to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
kabukimono; Edo-period samurai who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and eccentric behavior
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
nature; disposition; temperament; qualities; attributes; talents
having delicate feelings; sensitive
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
the first and second; a few
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
sun (approx. 3.03 cm); length; measurement; shortness; tininess
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
shore; bank (of a body of water)
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to stop walking; to pause
ridge of earth between rice fields; ridge between grooves in threshold or lintel; footpath between rice fields; causeway
pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
stick; club; cudgel; bludgeon
god of death; death deity; Death
to coil about; to follow about; to surround; to cling to
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to beat vigorously; to rain strikes upon someone; to tan someone's hide; to mercilessly pummel; to beat the daylights out of
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
dark clouds; black clouds
to begin to rain; to begin to snow
passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn