cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
deeply; keenly; severely; intently; carefully; closely
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
guardian deity of seafaring; Kumbhira
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
central part; heart (of a city)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
estate; homestead; house and land (it stands on); messuage
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
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)
the preceding year; the previous year; last year
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
to escape from; to get out
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
next (day, morning, etc.); following
twelfth day of the month; twelve days
imperial command (decree); decree of cloistered emperor
retired emperor; ex-emperor; former emperor; emperor emeritus
abuse; misuse; perversion
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
recovery; rescue; recapture
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting