severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
to tumble down; to roll down
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse; mount; riding horse; saddle horse
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
sobering up; method of sobering up
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
strategic; strategically; from a strategic point of view
important place; strategic point; critical location
to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear
military administration; military government; military junta; government affairs relating to the military
to crown; to cap; to prefix with; to start with; to begin with
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
as one wishes; as one wants; to one's satisfaction
impossible to do (although wants to)
as planned; according to plan
pride; self-confidence; self-esteem; self-conceit
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
one eye; one of one's eyes; being blind in one eye; person who is blind in one eye
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
anti-cavalry palisade (Sengoku period)
right (in front); directly; properly; normally; honestly; decently
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
basics; fundamentals; basis; basically; fundamentally
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom