追われた敗残兵は、どうやら対決のときがきたと、腹をきめた。

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English Translation

The pursued remnant of soldiers decided it was high time for a show-down one way or another.

Furigana

追(お)われた敗残兵(はいざんへい)は、どうやら対決(たいけつ)のときがきたと、腹(はら)をきめた。

Romanji

Owareta haizanhei wa, dōyara taiketsu no toki ga kita to, hara o kimeta.

Words

追う (おう)

to chase; to run after; to pursue; to follow (i.e. a set order, a trend); to drive out; to oust; to expel; to drive (i.e. a herd); (in passive voice) to be pressed (for time, etc.)

敗残兵 (はいざんへい)

remnants of a defeated army

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

どうやら (どうやら)

it seems like; it appears that; somehow or other

対決 (たいけつ)

confrontation; showdown

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

抉る (えぐる、くる)

to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

腹 (はら)

abdomen; belly; stomach; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; one's true motive; courage; nerve; willpower; generosity; magnanimity; feelings; emotions; wide middle part; bulging part; inside; interior; inner part; anti-node; counter for hard roe; counter for containers with bulging middles (pots, vases, etc.)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

決める (きめる)

to decide; to choose; to determine; to make up one's mind; to resolve; to set one's heart on; to settle; to arrange; to set; to appoint; to fix; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do; to have made a habit of; to take for granted; to assume; to dress up; to dress to kill; to dress to the nines; to carry out successfully (a move in sports, a pose in dance, etc.); to succeed in doing; to immobilize with a double-arm lock (in sumo, judo, etc.); to eat or drink something; to take illegal drugs