scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
dominion; territory; possession
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
occupation forces; occupation army
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
place to put something; place where one put something; place to put oneself
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
dead of night; shades of night; black of night
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to surround; to crowd around
remnants of a defeated army
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be seized with fear; to be seized with panic
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to push up; to force up; to pressure one's superiors; to burst out (of emotions, etc.); to fill one's heart
(within a) territory; domains
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
national border; provincial border