growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe (esp. regarding something bad); increasing
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
vigour; vigor; virility; health; sturdiness
simplicity; unsophisticatedness
Genji (the character in the Genji Monogatari); the Minamoto family
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
Ashikaga period (i.e. the Muromachi period, 1333-1573 CE)
(a person's) family background; lineage
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
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.)
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
phantom; vision; illusion
(political) administration; political power
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime
land near a castle; castle town
newly-opened land; recently-settled region; frontier; new residential area; new development
each nation; many nations; many countries
important stone in a construction
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other
without doubt; certain; sure
thousand years; very long period; forever
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
gold; gold coin; gold colour (color)
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)
1,000,000; one million; million; many
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
water caltrop; water chestnut; caltrop (weapon)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash