slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
surely (not); certainly (not)
rumour; rumor; hearsay; report
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
main point; main object; chief purpose; core; gist; essence
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
near; close; beside; third person
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
the ten good acts; the emperor
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
to press a question; to cross-examine
100,000; hundred thousand
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
several people; a few people
to gain fame; to make one's name
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky
(political) power; authority; influence
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
how; in what way; in what manner
Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)