to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
war damage; ravages of war; horrors of war
to arrest; to apprehend; (arch.) to call; (arch.) to summon
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
plump; with a thud; heavily
important point (e.g. on a route); important role (responsibility, etc.); opposition
to shake off; to throw off
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
remnants of a defeated army
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
seeking rebirth in the Pure Land
scattering (in all directions)
handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to throw (liquid) at; to dash; to inundate (with questions); to heap (praise); to hurl (abuse)
reeling in by hand; winding by hand; spinning by hand; dragnet
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
high steward; grand master
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
practitioner (of medicine, sorcery, fortune telling, etc.)
rapid succession (e.g. questions)
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back