stone (used for throwing)
sawtooth oak (Quercus acutissima)
chasing down; pushing down; deposing; sacrificing to create a shortage of liberties, then capturing (in the game of go)
scatterbrain; absent-minded person; careless person; rash person; hasty person
to set aside one's interests
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
wandering; jobless; unemployed
to extol; to laud; to sing the praises of
black kite (Milvus migrans); Inverness cape; filcher; sneak thief
(the products of) culture or civilization (civilisation)
unskilled; not very good at
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
under the sod; one's grave; the other world
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
surrender (fall) of a castle
to kindle; to build a fire; to instigate; to stir up; to incite
paying an unannounced visit; rudeness
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker or keeper (official post in the Edo period)
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
hindrance; obstacle; harm; bad effect; sickness
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
quarrel; dispute; argument