abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
that's the way it is; such is life
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
please; somehow or other; one way or another
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
solely; entirely; only; or
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
river; stream; River; the ... river
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
wherein; therein; thereinto
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
yew plum pine (Podocarpus macrophyllus)
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
military forces; hosts; troops
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate