samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
(arch.) slow witted fellow; (arch.) counter-hero; (arch.) lie; (arch.) nonsense; Yotaro (rakugo character)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
whatever the case; under any circumstances
for (some) doubtful points to remain
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
absolutely; positively; decidedly
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
to perform the last rites over the deceased; to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word
loss; defeat; counter for losses
accomplishment; execution
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend
to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision
to end one's life; to commit suicide; to end a life; to kill
promising without due consideration
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
have a good day; take care; see you
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
about when; about what time; how soon
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times