riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
uneasily; restlessly; erratically
guard; security (officer); guardsman
to do for (the sake of someone else)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
bent back; prone posture; weak-kneed; timidity; lack of nerve
great idiot; fool; (saying) something silly or stupid
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
touché; you've got me there
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
most difficult; next to impossible
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
very thorough search (for contraband, escaped convict, etc.); fine-tooth-comb search; exhaustive search; scouring
commander; commanding officer; CO
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
mountain road; mountain trail
Yamashiro (former province located in the south of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
I've got to be going; I must go
unprecedented; never seen before
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
revolution; rotation; turning; turning (an aircraft or ship)
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
bacterium; bacteria; germ
to be infected; to be contagious
to begin to rain; to begin to snow