pent-up resentment; grudges and hard feelings
perfidiousness; faithlessness; inconstancy; insincerity; falsehood
sharp parting remark; parting threat
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
scraps; cut end; cut-off piece
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier); guandao; Chinese glaive
body guard; military escort
favorite sword; cherished sword
sleepiness; drowsiness; the sandman; Morpheus
to turn one's back (on the enemy)
actually; in fact; as a matter of fact
reception; acceptance; enjoyment; being given
ruler and ruled; master and servant
hardships of poverty; serious poverty
backwater; (arch.) standing with one's back to water (river, lake, etc.)
sensuously beautiful; seductively beautiful; voluptuous
history of a nation; Japanese history
the one before last; two generations, etc. previous
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
chain of command; line of command; command structure; command system
based on; on the basis of
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
revamping; reshaping; rearranging; reorganizing
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
various places; several sources
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
top recommendation; (something) highly recommended
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect