to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to force (someone) to take part; to take along unwillingly
the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Tiger (around 4am, 3-5am, or 4-6am); east-northeast; first month of the lunar calendar
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
before one knows it; without realizing; unawares; unnoticed
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
offensive (movement); aggression
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
sooner or later; in time; eventually
news; word; tidings; omen
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
to rally; to make a comeback
physical strength; muscle strength
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
easily; effortlessly; changing completely; plink (sound of something light falling or rolling)
votive objects for a home shrine; ritual article
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
layperson; layman; laywoman; country home; farmhouse; cottage
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
prohibition against women entering a sacred area
Emperor Go-Daigo; Go-Daigo Tenno (1288-1339 CE, reigning: 1318-1339 CE)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
to take to task; to take it out on
once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years
to let an opportunity slip
to be absorbed in thought; to muse; to muse about; to think things through
devotion; attachment; infatuation
so; to such an extent; such