to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
departure; leaving; going away; recession
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
cut; reduction; curtailment
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
bitter experience; misery; distress; grief; sad thoughts; hardship
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
family; relatives; dependents; household
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
chief vassal; senior statesman
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
future (usually near); prospects
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)