handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial
wintertime; winter season
(act of) encouragement; stimulus; incentive
to use as an intermediary; to worry; to mind; to care
nationwide; countrywide; national; throughout the country
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail
art of war; strategy; tactics
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
to be expensive; to be costly
rare; uncommon; not often seen
move with haste (when you have no doubts)
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
effect; result; worth; use; avail
house where one was born; one's parents' house
rikka; formal style of ikebana
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
to feel oneself indebted to
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
retainer; vassal; servant
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap; wake-up sweets
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
fortune; riches; goods; incorporated foundation