grilled eggplant; fried eggplant
to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in
attacking party; punitive force; pursuers
Kinoshita Toukichirō (1920.3.25-)
royal; loyal; royal custard; custard royale
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
light torso armour opening at the right, originally used for infantry combat; dō-maru
Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)
surimi; minced fish (or meat) mashed into a paste
opium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
follower (of religion; esp. Jōdo Shinshū practitioners); believer
Enryaku era (782.8.19-806.5.18)
thrush (esp. the dusky thrush, Turdus naumanni)
considerably; fairly; quite
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
unification of the whole country
peace conference; peace negotiations
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
meat sauce; Bolognese sauce
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people); large flounder
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed (forsaken) by everybody
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
to continue (going along some trend)
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
difference in social standing; difference in social position
priest soldier; warrior monk