when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
(one's own) handwriting (esp. someone of high rank or status)
small eggplant; Japanese yellow loosestrife (Lysimachia japonica)
tea container having pronounced "shoulders" near the neck
portable stove used for tea ceremonies during the summer
man of refined tastes; refined person; tea ceremony master; lewd man; lecher
tea gathering (for the tea ceremony); some matter concerning tea; family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors
tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)
to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
war funds; war expenditures
refined taste; elegant pursuits
to play for time; to use delaying tactics
Iwami (former province located in the west of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
wonder drug; miracle cure; elixir
territories in the vicinity of the capital and under direct imperial rule; (in Japanese history) the five kuni in the immediate vicinity of Kyoto
octagon; star anise (Illicium verum); sailfin poacher (Podothecus sachi)
meritorious deed; services
kind; courteous; intimate; (arch.) becoming intimate; (arch.) having an intimate relationship (sometimes esp. a homosexual relationship)
fine product; masterpiece
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
hound; hunting dog; running dog; dupe; tool of another person; cat's-paw
address; lodgings; accommodation
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
unique thing; best on earth
place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains; mountain recess
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)