great disturbance; great tumult; turmoil; wild uproar; pandemonium
both; both sides; both parties
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
chance (of success); odds
upper reaches (of a river); upper stream; top; upper part; long ago; beginning; first
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
respect for one's elders; harmony among siblings
cannot be helped; unavoidable
being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior (combatant, player)
technique; art; skill; move
emphasizes direct object of action
to call (someone) to you; to call together; to call to come
several hundred; hundreds (of)
admiration and devotion; hearty submission
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to boil down; to condense; to think through to the end; to reduce to essentials
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
debt; loan; liabilities; number of games under the .500 mark
epidemic; plague; pestilence
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but
discord; trouble; dissension; disagreement; friction; conflict
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
early winter; tenth month of the lunar calendar