reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
person concerned; interested party; related party
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
to scatter; to cause a shower of; to disperse; to distribute; to resolve (a symptom, condition, etc.); to relieve
swallowing without chewing; swallowing (e.g. a story); accepting without questioning
hard to get; hard to come by
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
compassionate; merciful; benevolent; charitable; humane
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
closing one's eyes; passing away; dying peacefully
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
everything; anything; nothing
that is to say; so that means
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent; to resonate clearly (e.g. voice); to become serene; to become tranquil; to pronounce as an unvoiced sound