to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off
Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
fortress; stronghold; citadel
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
nape (of the neck); nucha
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
subordinate; secondary; junior; incidental
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
a little short; sawed-off (pants)
menial; meanness; servility; abject
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
being out of time; passing the deadline; time-out
everything; anything; nothing
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
conduit (pipe); water pipe
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
blow; hit (on the body); beating
upper reaches of a river; upstream
arrangement of stones in a garden