to correct oneself; to restate
context (of a passage); line of thought; context; environment; circumstances
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
to be discouraged; to shrink from
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
nodding (in agreement, with approval, etc.); repeatedly nodding and dozing off; suddenly (dying); deep (flavor, flavour, color, colour, etc.); rich
with a click; with a snap
to die on the battlefield
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
mountain road; mountain trail
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
underground; subterranean
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
terrain; geographical features; topography
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to attempt; to test; to try out
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
assistance; support; subsidy; supplement; auxiliary; subsidiary
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth