troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
in this way; thus; such; uh...
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
than; from; out of; except; but; more
urgency; exigency; emergency
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to be ill; to suffer from; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...; to fail to ...
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
in succession; one by one
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
National Guard (esp. USA); National Guard member