staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord)
to come; to go; to participate; to perform Zen meditation
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever
to kill (with a weapon); to slay; to defeat (an opponent); to beat
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
rushing around; running wild
to fight with swords; to cross swords
metallic sound; metallic clank
to make an appeal (to the public); to rally (people) to one's cause; to call to action; to spur on; to fire (someone) up; to rally (troops, employees, etc.)
advent of a golden opportunity
(the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
to yell; to rant; to rave
sudden braking; slamming on the brakes
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
cessation; (coming to an) end
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)
salvation (of the world); saving the world
aggressiveness; combativeness
obedient; submissive; docile; meek; pliant
thunderstruck; hit by a thunderbolt; struck by lightning
to be touching; to be moving
successive generations; hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
any large, red, deep-water scorpionfish with big eyes; Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)
horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
to run about frantically trying to escape; to run this way and that to make one's escape
house where one was born; one's parents' house
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
main temple; main building of a shrine; Shishiden; Hall for State Ceremonies; central building of a palace; State Chamber