to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
advocate; disputant; debater; (present) writer; author
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
cheap; inexpensive; pure; honest; upright
no; nay; disagreement; objection; disapproval
Iwashiro (former province located in the west of present-day Fukushima Prefecture)
investigation into historical evidence; study of historical artifacts
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
several hundred; hundreds (of)
alignment; arrangement; counter for sets
all sorts of; all kinds of
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
wholeheartedly; single-mindedly; earnestly; intently; determinedly
(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting
... and northward; in and to the north of ...
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
traveler; traveller; stranger
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to hang (something) on the wall
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
every preparation possible; all aspects of the preparation
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration; contamination
to be sacrificed; to become a victim (of); to fall victim (to); to lose one's life
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
every person; every mouth; every entrance