toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor (labour)
powerful local clan; local strongman
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
otherwise; or else; if not
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
influence of great virtue; influence of ancestors
income; receipts; revenue
not necessarily so; is not always true
for example; for instance; e.g.
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
included (in a publication); carried; printed
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
thoughtlessly; rashly; unwisely; halfway; half-done; incomplete
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
scoundrel; rascal; villain
to turn completely into; to become completely
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance
praying for the coming of a deity; ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance