nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
ground toasted sesame seeds; ground sesame
(a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable
need not; (not) have to; need not have; need not exist
Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)
one's son; you little bastard; you little brat
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
severing of connections or relations
(another person's) nephew
surely; upon my word; by Jove; (with neg) by no means; never
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
to stamp; to engrave; to inscribe
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
daimyo in the Warring States period
to check (in chess); to threaten (somebody's position, etc.); to close in (on somebody)
garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek
one of Japan's foremost; leading in Japan
(oral) message; declaration; hearsay; rumour; rumor
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
permanence; perpetuity; Chōkyū era (1040.11.10-1044.11.24)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
failure; poor result; disfavour; disfavor; unpopularity
I have nothing to do with it
local Shinto deity; tutelary god
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
possession (esp. of a territory)