June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
5th day of the month; five days
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
suicide (carried out with a blade, gun, etc.)
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
Yagyū Tajima no Kami Munenori (1572-1646)
legitimate son (esp. eldest son); heir
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
Kan'ei era (1624.2.30-1644.12.16)
island; one's territory (of a sex worker, organized crime gang, etc.); one's turf
suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada (1621-1638)