rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
to get (someone's) help; to ask for help
the shogunate (administration)
reform; reformation; reorganization
to begin; to set about; to start
caves dug as tombs in and around Kamakura during the Kamakura and Muromachi periods
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
tough; stubborn; determined; severely; heavily; hard
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
emphasizes direct object of action
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
pine cricket (Xenogryllus marmoratus); (arch.) bell cricket (Meloimorpha japonicus)
voice; singing (of a bird); chirping (of an insect); voice; opinion (as expressed in words); sound; sense (of something's arrival)
trembling with excitement
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
already; now; by this time; quick; early; fast
last ray of hope; only hope
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
naginata; polearm with a curved single-edged blade (similar to a glaive); naginata; martial art of wielding the naginata
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn