to prove; to verify; to guarantee; to promise
playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean
band of warriors (often formed from related or dependent families); group of samurai
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
the five viscera (liver, lungs, heart, kidney and spleen)
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian
arriving at camp (military); (a court noble) attending a government office
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
refined taste; elegant pursuits
tenderhearted; faint of heart
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch
gale; strong wind; swift wind; fresh breeze (Beaufort scale)
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
a little embarrassing; slightly embarrassed; somewhat ashamed; extremely embarrassing; extremely embarrassed
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
brilliant; radiant; bright; sparkling
to pitch camp; to set up camp
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
state (of affairs); condition; developments; movements
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
great mountain; large mountain