sickly; delicate constitution
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
vacant post; vacancy; post in name only
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
new; newly made; newly-built ship; new boat; unmarried woman of about 20; newly-married woman
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
chalk (mineral); white wall
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
port city; harbor city; harbour city
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
wind and snow; snowstorm; blizzard; hardships
roost; nest; pad; crib; one's home
death from cold; freezing to death
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
Nichiren sect; Tendai sect; Lotus Sutra
cannon (esp. high-velocity artillery)
(providing) covering fire; supporting (backing up) someone (in a debate or argument)
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
inside; interior; inner part
to lose the attacking initiative
front line of (trenches for) deployed soldiers
how long; how far; how much
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens