just; right; pure; genuine; truth
platform; stage; upper seat; pulpit
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
in-house; (on) the grounds; (in) the premises; hall; theatre; theater
to look around; to survey
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house
generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
indicates the target of an activity; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character
paper-covered folded fan used in noh and storytelling; paper fan used in slapstick comedy
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
to take by storm (e.g. a castle); to assault; to capture; to reduce
day of month; counter for days
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
military forces; hosts; troops
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
nevertheless; even then; however; be that as it may; even so; though that it be so
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down