Oda Nobutada (1557-1582.6.21)
identifying a severed head; checking a person's identity
to lay the foundation (for)
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
reply (to a letter); response; answer
love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
existential threat; life-or-death crisis
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
wooden fence; board fence
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
chest; coffer; rice tub; lidded round, wooden container for cooked rice
family tradition; (arch.) wind blowing from the direction of one's home
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
important point; strategic position; key point
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
do-or-die game; crucial contest
trust; confidence; credence
short sleeved kimono (worn as an undergarment during the Heian period); padded silk garment
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
origin; appearance of auspicious omen
central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
to be ill; to suffer from; to worry about; to be concerned about; to have trouble doing ...; to be unable to ...
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to manage; to settle; to dispose of; to deal with; to arrange
Shinshū (alt. name of former Shinano province)
high rice field; very fertile rice field