embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
documentary evidence; documentation
result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
justifiable; warranted; reasonable
one's own house; own; personal; autologous
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
black and white; right and wrong
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
to order; to command; to appoint
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to produce
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
stubborn; dogged; persistent; tough; sturdy; hardy
settlement; solution; resolution
to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
when it becomes; when it comes to
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe
to pretend; to act (as if)
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
liking; taste; fancy; wish; desire; choice
flag; banner; ensign; (one's) stance; position; opinion
to praise; to extol; to laud; to appreciate; to admire
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
field battle; field operations; open battle; battlefield; battlefront
land near a castle; castle town
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
preparation; provision; defenses; guard; military formation; troop arrangement
pretext; pretense; pretence
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer