custom; habit; customary practice
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
beginning; clue; starting point
hostility; animosity; enmity
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
defense; defence; defensive preparations
travelling (a long and difficult journey) on foot; walking (all the way) across; travelling through; travelling all over (e.g. a country); visiting all the major locations (of a region, etc.)
what (e.g. "what rudeness"); what (something) is like
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
fear; dread; fright; terror; trepidation; panic
begging for one's life; pleading for one's life
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
ugly; unattractive; bad-looking; unsightly; unseemly; disgraceful
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
deep inside; innermost place
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
strong nation; powerful country
gorgeous; brilliant; dazzling; ornate; gaudy; flowery
to sit in a row; to be present (and lined up)
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to burst (open); to break; to split
ambition; the Buddha's great vow (to save all people)
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
reaching; attaining; arrival
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); (arch.) assistance; (arch.) help
to raise (a sword, fist, etc.); to lift; to throw up; to fling up; to swing up