(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
according to plan; as planned; on target
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
all-out attack; general offensive
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
to unfold; to unroll; to open
emergency food distribution (esp. cooked rice)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
festival merrymaking; revelry
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
how many people; a number of people
one turn; one round; (a) size; to go around; to make a circuit; twelve years
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
losing weight; slimming; lean person
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to be nearing death; to be dying
to draw around (e.g. a curtain); to drag around; to take (someone) around; to parade around; to order about; to lead
(United States of) America; USA
store; reserve; stock; savings
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
insubordination; outlawry