preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
Guo Jia (2nd century CE Chinese commander)
(a person's) appearance; looks
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
military clique; military party
eastern direction; the Orient; eastern fighter in a match (e.g. sumo wrestling)
napkin; cloth; first string of a koto (counting from the player's near side)
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
having a headache; racking one's brains; troubling over something
to spit out; to eject; to dump
to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
critical (condition); serious
great mountain; large mountain
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
Chōan; Chang'an (ancient capital of China)
round bronze jar used for storing alcohol (Han dynasty China)
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
is something that; is that which
troublesome (person, task, etc.); difficult; suffering; hardship; trouble
to do together; to share; to participate in
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
falling out (with); quarrel; discord; estrangement; being on bad terms
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
allegiance; obedience; submission
mortal enemy; object of fierce hatred or intense aversion; (lit.) one's parent's killer
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
to make sense; to be meaningful
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to boil; to heat (a liquid); to prepare (a bath, hot drink); to excite; to rouse; to stir