losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to shake; to swing; to sway; to shock
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
tone (of voice); manner of talking
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
holding out a little longer
of course; certainly; naturally
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
catfish (esp. the Amur catfish, Silurus asotus); (arch.) earthquake
to take; to catch; to capture
one's property; personal effects; one's belongings
(using) one's whole body; (putting in) all one's efforts; (exerting) all one's energies
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
to get entangled; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all