neck; head; dismissal; discharge
fleeing soldier; warrior fleeing the battlefield; deserter
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
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
great war; great battle; world war
powerful family; powerful clan
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development
castle site; ruins of a castle
relaxed and enjoyable; spacious; vast; heavily trafficked; bustling
indeed; really; truly; very much
revengeful ghost; apparition
every evening; night after night
most of all; extremely; supremely
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)
to lose one's way; to get lost
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
buying and reading (book, magazine, etc.); subscribing (incl. free subscriptions); taking (e.g. newspaper)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
negative campaign; mudslinging
fear makes the wolf bigger than he is; things are not as scary as they seem; (lit.) the ghost, when examined closely, is withered silver grass
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
invisibly; secretly; privately