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
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
individual; private person; personal; private
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
personal affair; one's own affair
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
motive power; driving force
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
leader (of an alliance); leading power
salt; common salt; hardship; toil; saltiness; cold
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to peel; to skin; to pare; to hull; to bare (e.g. fangs); to open wide (e.g. eyes)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
immediately; at once; instantly
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)