international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade
Kinoshita Toukichirō (1920.3.25-)
uninteresting; boring; not amusing; not fun
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
provincial samurai in the middle ages, who engaged in agriculture in peacetime
basket clam (Corbiculidae spp.); freshwater clam; freshwater mussel
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
rice gruel containing vegetables, fish, etc., and seasoned with miso or soy sauce
skill; dexterity; master hand
to start (an argument, a battle, etc.)
to ripen; to mature; to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act); to be in common use; to come to sound natural
styptic; stopping of bleeding
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
raspberry (any plant of genus Rubus, esp. Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus)
Rikyuu; Sen no Rikyuu (1522-1591)
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
right?; don't you think?; don't you agree?
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
pinning technique (in wrestling or judo); underhanded dealings
seasoning; flavour; flavor
absentmindedness; dreaminess; simpleton; fool
relish; gusto; appreciation
Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); green onion; spring onion
male and female (animals); the two sexes; victory and defeat; strengths and weaknesses
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize