obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to install; to equip; to mount
heating power; thermal power; firepower
fort; stronghold; fortification
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
governor-general; governor; viceroy
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
casualties; the killed and wounded
to worry about the future
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
88 years old; (arch.) rice
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
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 be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
speaking about (one's thoughts, memories, etc.); relating (one's feelings, reminiscences, etc.); recollection; reminiscence