victory or defeat; match; contest; game
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
Wei (kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period; 220-266 CE); Cao Wei; Wei (kingdom in China during the Warring States period; 403-225 BCE)
Japan Sea coastal areas; Sea of Japan coastal areas
to become spring-like; to show signs of spring
advance troops; vanguard; advance contingent; leading unit
to order; to command; to appoint
same distance; equal distance
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ); to be depressed; to feel down
to flutter (in the wind); to wave; to turn over; to flip over; to suddenly change (attitude, opinion, etc.); to suddenly switch
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
step in a Japanese entranceway
arms; armament; taking up arms; arming oneself
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
honour; honor; glory; renown
counter for (small) things or pieces; counter for military units; (an) individual; one person; counter for years (of age difference); counter for school-years
hall or room where a private Buddha statue or ancestor tablets are kept
in case of; at that time; at this time
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
horned owl (any owl with horn-like ear tufts)
smoke from cooking; smoke from a cook stove
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
defeated soldier fleeing the enemy
cannot bear (doing); cannot bring oneself (to do); reluctant (to do)
contemplation; meditation
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)