imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
how; in what way; how about; questionable
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
unrefined (character, manners); mean; vulgar; bad taste; lacking style
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
people; citizens; subjects; folk
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
equanimity; upeksa; upekkha
to name; to call; to christen; to term
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
people; men and women; each person; everybody
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
great war; great battle; world war
troubled times; turbulent times
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
marshy rice field or paddy
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition