agricultural soldiers; colonizers; colonisers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
spurt of blood (from one's victim)
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
last night; yesterday evening
survival; survivor; relic
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
home area; home town; local
high ground; plateau; heights
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
Kanazawa (city in Ishikawa)
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
immediately; right away; on the spot
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to fasten (something or someone) to; to tie (to); to fix; to bind
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
right beside; close to; nearby
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty