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.)
Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600)
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
envoy; ambassador; delegate; emissary; mission
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
oppression; suppression; pressure
descendant; posterity; offspring
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
remains; corpse; (dead) body
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
to say; to be called; to do
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment; comrade; fellow; kindred soul
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to strangle; to constrict
to do with enthusiasm; to be excited to do; to throw oneself into
drawing room; parlour; parlor; reception office
honorific; term of respect; polite expression; honorific language
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect