to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
Sanada Nobushige (1567-1615.6.3)
great commander; famous commander
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
family; relatives; dependents; household
being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
fate; destiny; predestination
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
image; figure; figure; form; image
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
after death; posthumously
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to eat; to drink; to smoke; to suffer (e.g. defeat); to receive a blow
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
three sides; small offering stand
going into battle; departure for the front
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to be erected; to be built
castle site; ruins of a castle
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence