to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
blunt (e.g. sword); dull; lazy; cowardly; good for nothing
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
unbroken; endless; continuous
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
that day; the very same day
gate guard (during the ritsuryo system); gate guardian; young forced labour (ritsuryo system)
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
guard; sentinel; garrison
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
not to be depended on; of little hope
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
flavor; flavour; charm; appeal; experience; taste (e.g. of victory)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
in name only; titular; nominal
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
one's place of appointment; one's post
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to become completely chilled
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to entrust; to leave to a person
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
remarkable; striking; obvious
few decades; many decades; several decades
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)