pie in the sky; castles in the air; (lit.) drawing of a rice cake
measured map; surveyed map
small dried sardines or anchovies (gomame) cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and sugar; tilling a rice field; person who tills a paddy field
China and Vietnam; Sino-Vietnamese
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
Tentoku era (957.10.27-961.2.16)
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
rice cultivation; rice farming
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
survey; actual measurements
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
dry field farming; dry field crop
(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
going to the capital; working in a government office
stubborn (obstinate) father; pig-headed old man
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
ronin; masterless samurai
to start; to begin; to commence
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
haughty; holding one's head high
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)