pip (spot on a die); small cube (esp. of food); die; dice
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages
restoration; reinstatement
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
Don Quixote (book, titular character); Don Quijote (discount chain store)
(government) inspector-general (Edo period); upper superintendent officer
mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
wheat straw; barley straw
hot topic; talk of the town
haughty; holding one's head high
the entire force (of soldiers)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
known as ...; also known as ...; called ...; AKA
person with a bounty on their head
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
secretly (cheer, pray, etc. for someone); in secret; from the sidelines; at a distance
inferior; coarse; poor quality; inadequate; deteriorated
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance
(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army
natural calamity; disaster
escort (e.g. under guard); convoy
fraud; trickery; hoax; swindle; counterfeit; fake
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
(your, his, her) daughter
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw