warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
feelings; thoughts; meaning
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
war situation; progress of a battle
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
from the viewpoint of; according to
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
just because; even if; even though
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
decapitation; decapitated head
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
secret understanding; collusion
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
penalty; sentence; punishment
to practice magic; to practise magic
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
jewel; precious stone; gem
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
Dragon King; promoted rook