to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
being familiar with; having a thorough knowledge of; being well-informed about
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
resolute; determined; bold
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to break (by kicking); to kick down (e.g. a door); to kick open; to smash through (e.g. the enemy); to rout
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
without permission; without notice
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
to be consistent; to be coherent
getting nauseated; getting angry
locational advantage; advantageous position; products from the land (farm output, timber, minerals, etc.); land rent
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
to admit fault; to admit one is wrong
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
drawing a sword; drawn sword
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
being upright and cleanhanded
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
nothing but; none other than
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
streaming (of tears); pouring; pouring (of rain or sweat)
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out