princess; daughter of a nobleman
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
even though things may appear this way
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
to slay; to cut down (a foe)
to lure out of; to decoy out of; to drive to (tears, sleep, etc.); to evoke (sympathy, etc.); (arch.) to abduct; (arch.) to entice out of
to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)
to torment; to harass; to tease
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
that gentleman; that lady; he; she
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to knock down; to utterly defeat
by itself; automatically; naturally
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
happiness in the next world
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
kitchen knife; carving knife; (arch.) cooking; (arch.) food
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
to feel a chill run down one's spine
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)