to tear off; to strip; to rob
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
repair; renovation; restoration
rising to action; standing up against; jumping to one's feet
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
state; country; nation; tutelary deity; god of grain
going into battle; departure for the front
office (government department beneath a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
director (of the ritsuryo-period Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office)
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
particularly; only; in the case of
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
to knock (someone) to their feet; to knock down; to send flying; to strike; to drive away (one's sorrows, worries, etc.); to dispel
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
combat engineer; military engineer; combat engineering; military engineering
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
completion; finish; workmanship; result; outcome
to begin; to set about; to start
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
general manager; general superintendent; general director (of a film, etc.)
to advance construction; to proceed with construction
personality; character; individuality; personhood
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
having sociable manners; sociable
wonderful; astounding; marvellous