salad (or fish, etc.) dressed with miso
Princess Sen (1597-1666); Senhime
hepatica (Hepatica nobilis var. japonica); liverleaf; liverwort; bird's-eye primrose (Primula farinosa subsp. modesta); mealy primrose
hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)
above one's means (station); undue
breaking through or sneaking past a barrier
kakari geiko; training performed by an attacker and a defender
the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism; the Nine Chinese Classics
edible flower bud of the fuki (Petasites japonicus) plant, an early spring delicacy
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
something appearing from a place you wouldn't expect; something said as a joke actually happening; (lit.) a horse from a gourd; something impossible; something ridiculous
to have a rumor circulating
drinking money; tip; gratuity
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place; to do (something) for the rest of one's life; to devote (the rest of) one's life to (something)
war funds; war chest; campaign fund
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
Toyotomi Hideyori (1593.8.29-1615.6.4)
rice cultivation; rice farming
one's home; one's humble abode
randori (freestyle judo training)
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
shout of victory; cry of triumph
to toady; to be obsequious
survey; actual measurements
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to bring calamity upon oneself; to invite disaster; to court disaster
wistful; desirous of; hungry-looking; greedy-looking
(another person's) nephew
rule over the whole country
scum of the earth; monster; fiend