vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
outside the country; abroad
to leave; to evacuate; to withdraw (from); to move out (of a house, etc.); to vacate
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
saltpeter; saltpetre; niter; nitre; potassium nitrate
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
unification of the whole country
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
to ask (humbly); to request (humbly)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
on countless occasions; many a time
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
Sun Goddess; Amaterasu Ōmikami
grounds; foundation; authority; support; prop; something upon which to rely
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
no exception; without exception; always the same
good; goodness; right; virtue
transverse flute (e.g. a fife)
to risk one's life (to do); to put one's life on the line; to step forward (to do); to give one's all
saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
(another person's) younger sister
entering a faith; joining a religion
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire