sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
(radio) receptivity; sensitivity; susceptibility
planning; project; plan; design
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
terrain; geographical features; topography
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
strong nation; powerful country
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
vassal state; vassal nation; dependency
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
advance notice; previous note; preliminary announcement; trailer (film, TV); preview
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
control; management (e.g. of a business)
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
income; receipts; revenue
to save; to leave over; to spare
all; entire; whole; altogether
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
(within a) territory; domains
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
noble; men of rank; notables
to creak; to squeak; to grate; to grind; to rasp