to not believe one's ears
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
not only ... but (also); as well as ...
curtain; field staff headquarters; secret meeting place
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
casting; cast-metal object
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
review (of learned material); revision
desperation; self-abandonment
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
defense; defence; pleading; advocacy
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
already; now; no longer; not any more
practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice; actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
to strain or exert oneself; to go all out
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
slow growth; slow ripening
late completion; a late bloomer
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen