very; much; greatly; a lot of
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
small number; few; minority
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
though; notwithstanding; although
resolute; determined; bold
Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Itagaki Taisuke (1837-1919)
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
Hijikata Toshizou (1835.5.31-1869.6.20)
cunning and wickedness; cunning and wicked person
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
to satisfy oneself (by doing); to find relief (in doing)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
dejected; dispirited; crestfallen; discouraged
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to be frugal; to be sparing; to value; to hold dear; to regret (e.g. a loss); to feel sorry (for)
cooperation; coordination; link
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
when it becomes; when it comes to
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)