to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to set up again; to correct; to cure
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
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 know; to understand; to be aware of; to consent; to agree
great hurry; great haste; rush
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
encouragement; backing; reinforcements
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
each; (arch.) you (plural)
like this; this sort; this way
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
people; citizens; subjects; folk
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
needless to say; obviously; of course
we; us; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to a group of one's equals or inferiors)
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to suffer; to groan; to be worried