heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
to step back; to walk backwards
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
(not even) a little; (not even) a tiny bit
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
Now let's return to the main subject; To return from the digression,.. (in a conversation, speech, or story-telling)
Wei; Cao Wei; kingdom in China during the Three Kingdoms period (220-266); 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
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
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up; to give an air of; to make oneself seem like
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
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
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 sleep; to lay (something) on its side
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
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
relying entirely on ...; using solely ...; with the sole purpose of ...; based on (mutual consent, etc.)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece