superior; excellent; fine
eager; earnest; strenuous; fervent; assiduous; with utmost effort
extremely important; essential; vital; crucial
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
followers take after their leaders; (lit.) there are no cowardly soldiers under a brave general
rare; extraordinary; singular
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
war; battle; campaign; (arch.) troops; (arch.) forces
being liable to criticism
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
to keep within limits (e.g. spending); to restrain (e.g. emotions); to control; to hold back (e.g. an enemy); to check; to curb
consideration; thoughtfulness; sympathy; compassion; feeling; kindness
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be
pension (esp. public servant's); (arch.) a lord giving a land holding to a vassal
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
cold rice; hanger-on; dependent; disgraced former actor
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
helping a long-term employee to establish a branch of the same shop
convenience for transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail)
to become better; to improve
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
branch store; branch of a firm
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
nowadays; these days; at present
company employee; office worker; white-collar worker