military service; combat experience
famous sword; excellent sword
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
indolence; laziness; sloth
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
(political) administration; political power
quarrel; dispute; argument
streamer; pennant; windsock
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
to embezzle; to misappropriate; to peculate; to accustom oneself to using; to use for a long time
great man; great god; hero; big man
misrepresentation; false statement
higher rank; better position
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
to refuse; to decline; to deny
Saigou Takamori (1828.1.23-1877.9.24)
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
barking up the wrong tree; calling at the wrong house
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
true character; real nature
to knock back; to strike back; to beat in revenge
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
(political) violence; violent tactics used by political radicals
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
puffer fish; blow fish; fugu; globefish; swellfish
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter