eating house; restaurant that serves simple food
to carry something out of a place; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery); to mention something; to broach a topic
Takamatsu (city in Kagawa)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
foreigner; stranger; outsider; alien
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
any beech tree of genus Castanopsis; chinquapin; chinkapin
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
in the end; after all is said and done; (lit.) when the striped mullet is fully grown
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar; turtleneck (sweater); non-swimmer; person who cannot swim
all over Japan; throughout Japan
of all things (days, etc.)
leaving; going home; quitting one's job; free time; leisure
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
twenty-second day of the month; twenty-two days
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
in person; personally; directly
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
trajectory; line of fire; ballistic
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
reduction; decrease; subtraction; (arch.) reduction of penalty (under the ritsuryo codes)
Chinese matrimony vine (Lycium chinense); Chinese wolfberry; goji
the Emperor; His Majesty; the government; the authorities; proprietress; hostess
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb