big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
to affix; to append; to entrust; to refer; to follow (the leader); to submit (a document, etc.)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (e.g. boredom); to conceal (e.g. one's sorrow with a smile); to shift (the conversation)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to be nearing death; to be dying
finish; completion; the end
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
in terms of; from the point of view of
art of war; strategy; tactics
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
literary and military arts; the pen and the sword
to establish a school of; to make a home of one's own
one place; the same place; (arch.) one person
unfilial son; undutiful son; thankless son; unfilial daughter; undutiful daughter; thankless daughter
to that degree; to that extent; that much
one's house; one's home; one's family
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
peace; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
living in peace; living a quiet life; being content with one's present position; being satisfied with one's lot
disgraceful; inauspicious; ill-omened; ominous; scandalous
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for
moral duty; moral obligations; justification; pretext; just cause
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
parents and siblings; one's relatives
disaster; accident; calamity; catastrophe
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)