field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
bento; Japanese box lunch
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
hammer; hopeless swimmer; complete beginner at swimming; someone who sinks like a stone
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
zazen (seated Zen meditation, usu. in a cross-legged position)
hey!; excuse me!; wait a moment
the future; future prospects
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
grey wall covering material (gray)
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
trouble; bother; annoyance
personal; individual; private
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
close-cropped hair; shaven head
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
had enough; flatly refusing; wouldn't do for anything; begging pardon
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
court noble; nobility; Imperial Court
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
800,000; eight hundred thousand
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
disturbance; agitation; commotion; upheaval; riot