flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
clear; precise; definite; distinct
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
innocent; not guilty; harmless
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
ten to one; nine cases out of ten
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to kill one's enemy (opponent)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
feudal retainer or warrior
Mouri Takachika (1819-1871)
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
hearsay; rumor; grapevine
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
moving about; stirring about
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
desperately; for one's dear life
to cut apart (cloth, paper, etc.); to sever (ties); to break off (relationship); to cut off (enemy's retreat); to block (road, etc.)
thigh; buttocks; arse; ass
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
shod feet; wearing shoes; muddy feet; dirty feet
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
lightning strike; thunderbolt; bolt of lightning; to strike (lightning); to be struck by lightning