traditional sake yeast mash starter; oldest surviving traditional style of sake making
in high spirits; excited; energetic
charming; bewitching; enchanting
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
preparation; arrangements
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
inviolability; nonaggression; sacredness
appointed time; timetable; schedule
to play a leading role; to play a central part
to lose one's energy; to be cowardly
particularly; only; in the case of
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
several hundred; hundreds (of)
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
rice plant (Oryza sativa)
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
I don't give a damn; I wouldn't know; that's got nothing to do with me
while moving; on the move
cost of repairs; repair costs
to allot; to assign; to give; to provide; to fit to; to fasten to
line of defence (defense); lines (as in enemy lines, etc.)
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
greens; vegetables; rape (Brassica napus); rapeseed
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
sour (expression); (lit.) as if having chewed on a bitter bug
leather; leathercloth; razor