Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
pillar of fire; blazing column
whole nation; whole land; whole country
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
wrong; different; not like that
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
to choke; to have trouble breathing
return; reversion; comeback; carriage return
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
bomb blast; blast (from an explosion); shock wave
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
regarding ...; concerning ...; about ...; on ...; with respect to ...; in regard to ...
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
furious facial expression
dung beetle; gold beetle; goldbug; maggots in faeces (feces)
prey (i.e. of a predator); kill; victim (of a crime, a hoax, etc.)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
all directions; every direction; all sides; all quarters; everywhere
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
road; path; way; set of practices; moral education; Buddhist teachings; Taoism
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
(national) capital (city); metropolis
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
death in battle; death on the battlefield
staying behind; remaining; residual
animal spirit; animal ghost