elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover
hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
military forces; hosts; troops
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
to cease; to stop; to be over
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
edge (of a knife or sword); prong (of an electrical plug)
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
wounded person; injured person
to launch a surprise attack
death in battle; death on the battlefield
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
visit (to a religious site, e.g. shrine, temple, grave)
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
finally; barely; only just; gradually
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
for dear life; barely escaping alive
to run away; to escape safely
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
chamberlain; castle keeper