method of attack; place of attack
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
inner citadel; core; center; centre
samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
shoes strictly prohibited
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
to be steamed (properly, e.g. rice); to be stuffy; to grow musty; to get close
athlete's foot; water boatman (esp. species Hesperocorixa distanti); Asellus hilgendorfi (species of aquatic sowbug)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
shoji (paper sliding door)
ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement
(in Japanese architecture) transom
tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
clap (sound of wooden clappers); chop vigorously; slight movement (e.g. poke, small bird alighting); the end; originally end of a play, marked by clap of clappers; dot (esp. typographical)
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to be contrary; to run counter (to); to conflict (with); to disagree (with)
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
internment camp; detention facility; POW camp; refugee camp
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
convenient; expedient; makeshift
sense of unity; sense of oneness
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
friendly relations; social relations; social life
having gone too far to turn back
land route; overland route; by land; overland
working; in operation; running; active
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens