dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
strong nation; powerful country
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to nip (something) in the bud
future (usually near); prospects
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
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)
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
remembrance; recollection; recognition
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to look around; to survey
to choke up; to be speechless; to hold one's tongue
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
high-ranking retainer of a daimyo (Edo Period)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to drive to death (e.g. by suicide); to cause to die
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to kill with a sword (knife, dagger, etc.); to slay; to put to the sword
same village; same town; same province
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
back; rear; background; behind the scenes