army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
deficiency; insufficiency; shortage; lack; want; dearth
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
turning over in bed; rolling over; tossing and turning; betrayal; double-crossing
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
fodder (for horses or cows); hay; feed
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse
vassals; retainers; followers
to round up; to gather; to muster; to mobilize; to mobilise
Bizen (former province located in the southeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
stone; rock; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); (round) game piece
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
father and child; father and son; father and daughter
to work out a plan of deception; to scheme; (arch.) to think up a plan; (arch.) to think over a plan; (arch.) to discuss; (arch.) to consult
drinking party; banquet; feast
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to pretend; to act (as if)
to be overturned; to be reversed; to turn over; to fall down; to tumble down; to topple over
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate
disaster; tragedy; tragic incident; horrible accident
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
tracking down and killing; punitive expedition
do-or-die resistance; resistance to the bitter end
fort; fortress; stronghold; fortification
attendant; valet; servant; follower
riding fast; driving a horse fast
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
entreaty; appeal; petition