ingratiation; pandering; catering (to); going along with (someone or something); accommodating oneself (e.g. to public opinion)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
putting a criminal to death; punishment by execution; death penalty
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
hot-spring cure; taking the baths
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
older sister; elder sister
opening to the public; making available to the public; putting on display; exhibiting; showing (play, movie, etc.); holding (interview, etc.)
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
thoughtlessness; indiscretion
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
old times; antiquity; former years
existence; possession; having; limited company
but; however; even though; even if
Aki (former province located in the west of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points
commander; general; leader
contending for victory; struggling for supremacy
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
murder of one's master; murderer of his master
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
person of high rank or income
improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress; communication of opinions of the general populace to those of high rank
as far as ... is concerned; so far as ... can tell