form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
very young; little; childish; immature
to make one's heart flutter
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
military family; warrior class
now that; since; so long as; because
at least; at most; (even) just
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
scene; spectacle; sight; view
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
one's first campaign; one's first battle
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
sword play; samurai drama
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
preparation; provision; guarding
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
considerably; fairly; quite
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe