following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)
evening; early night hours
you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body)
Toyotomi Hidetsugu (1568-1595.8.20)
buckwheat dumpling; buckwheat mash; buckwheat dough ball
to be completely boiled; to be boiled to a turn
Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)
The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BCE)
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
vegetables; (edible) greens; blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
great victory; big win; huge profit; killing
(arch.) I; (arch.) me; (person having) thin or shaved eyebrows; affectionate suffix for names of young men or pets
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
instructor; tutor (to a prince)
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
pongee; soft thin cloth woven from raw silk
pardon; remission; amnesty
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
sewing; needlework; embroidery
to peddle (goods); to hawk
to say something better left unsaid; to go too far (by saying something rude)