moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
bottle; jar; decanter; flagon; phial; vial
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to stand up; to get up; to recover; to regain one's energy; to (stand up and) take action; to rise up (against); to rise (from a crouch) and make the initial charge
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; paw!; shake!
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
polite; respectful; reverent
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
fingertip; finger; toe tip; toe
nodding; greeting (with eyes)
good luck (in battle); may fortune be with you
with a clang or a clink; tinkle
to repair; to mend; to change; to alter; to put back; to put away; to cure
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
one side; one party; the other side; one (of a pair); the other (one); the mate
to have the end in sight; (lit.) to see the mountains
beyond that point; after that
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
the art of war; martial arts; military force; the sword; (arch.) valor; (arch.) bravery
to excel at; to be proficient at; to grow old; to ripen; to rise high (e.g. of the sun)
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
to give up; to admit defeat; to throw in the towel
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...