sincerity; true heart; devotion
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
personality; character; individuality; personhood
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
professional shogi player; professional go player
one's style of playing shogi or go
to each his own; people differ; different people (have different likes)
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
else; in addition; on top of that; furthermore; further; besides
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
owner of a company; head of a company
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
good; goodness; right; virtue
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
English(-language) literature; British literature
original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
arts and sciences; liberal arts
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
now that; since; so long as; because
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
had better ...; had better not ...
tankōbon; (manga) volume; (comic) trade paperback; single book (as opposed to magazine, anthology, etc.); separate volume
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
thereupon; shortly thereafter