fighting back; returning fire; counter-attack; responding to an attack; accepting a challenge
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
putting into operation; invocation
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to run around; to bustle about
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
to make sense; to be meaningful
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
slashing (with the blade pressed against the object); mowing down (the enemy); cutting down (one after the other); clean sweep; sweeping conquest
free; unrestricted; (with) complete mastery; completely in control
praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis)
to saw off; to interrupt; to suspend; to discontinue
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
verbalization; putting into words
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
to breathe one's last; to pass away; to die; to expire
to pray for the repose of someone's soul; to pray for the souls of the departed
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear); to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal)
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring