attacking one opponent then immediately attacking another
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
in swarms; in throngs; in droves; in hordes
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
person killed in action; the war dead
commander; commanding officer; CO
count; earl; chief official of the Department of Worship; (arch.) eldest brother; Brazil; Brazilian
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
loss; defeat; counter for losses
posterity; future life; life to come
materials; data; document
descendant; posterity; offspring
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
to drive away; to order off; to chase away; to force into an unpleasant situation (bankruptcy, prostitution, suicide, etc.)
to spread; to be propagated
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
to puzzle; to perplex; to bewilder; to delude; to mislead; to fascinate
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
secret art; the mysteries
tradition; legend; folklore
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to take over; to hand over
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to add (to); to add on; to append
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)