siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
nothing; nil; naught; nought
not necessarily so; is not always true
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
condition; situation; prospects
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
death in battle; death on the battlefield
whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic
severe wound; serious wound; gash
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
order; ordering; beginning; start; foreword; preface
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to attempt; to test; to try out
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
juice; sap; soup; broth; (dipping) sauce
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious