glowing ember (either red hot charcoal or the glowing remains of burnt firewood); live charcoal
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
real name (of a deceased person or a noble); posthumous name
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
as is habit; the way life normally is
prohibition on women entering (usu. for religious reasons); no female admission
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
everything working out as desired
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
ronin; masterless samurai
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
to encamp; to take up a position
unprecedented; unheard-of; record-breaking
visitor (to a shrine or temple)
navy (esp. the Japanese navy prior to the 1850s)
keeping house; being confined to one's house
just; fair; proper; reasonable
marshy rice field or paddy
with this I (formal); by this I (formal)
eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan
hell on earth; living hell
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
(plain) hot water; boiled water
certainly; absolutely; (not even) a little bit; diligently; dreams
death in battle; death on the battlefield
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of