act of mercy; helping another person
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
several times; a few times
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
expressing one's mind; speaking out
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
scenery; scene; landscape
to make the most of the present; to live for the moment; to seize the day
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
to have something on someone; to catch someone out; to trip someone up; (lit.) to grab by the tail
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
binding hand and foot; temporary feeling of paralysis; sleep paralysis; being tied down with money
middle of the night; dead of night
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
sound of wind rustling through a crack; wheezing
househusband; stay-at-home dad
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
declaration of war; proclamation of war
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
to like; to love; to be fond of
you (plural); all of you; you all
dominion; territory; possession
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
war; fighting; fierce competition
to engage in a bloody feud; to have a family quarrel; to quarrel with one's own flesh and blood; (lit.) to wash blood for blood
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that