to stare back (at); to glare back
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
to change into; to be transformed; to be transfigured; to transform; to alter; to convert
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
number of times; frequency; count
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
to clamber; to climb with hands and feet; to crawl up; to creep up
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
to run at full speed; to run and run; to try one's hardest
hair on the back of one's head
vicious circle; vicious cycle
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
drenched with sweat; sweaty all over
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
metallic taste; taste of iron
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to plan; to form a plan; to scheme; to envision; to intend to do
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
Bakumatsu period; closing days of the Tokugawa shogunate; end of the Edo period
Maitreya (Bodhisattva); Miroku
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)
the whole world; the universe
fortress; stronghold; citadel