splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
indicate reason; infers some protest
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
Satsuma and Chōshū (clan alliance)
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
(some) more; even more; longer; further
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
way; method; means; resource; course
than; from; out of; except; but; more
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
autumn moon; harvest moon
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to lure someone; to entice someone
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
decoy (for hunting); stool; lure; decoy; stool pigeon
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
rice nursery; bed for rice seedlings
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to be lacking in options; to be too few
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
but; however; even though; even if
western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); western nations (esp. India or Europe); thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara); pilgrimage to the thirty-three temples sacred to Kannon
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak