great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
one large animal (horses, cattle, etc.); head (of cattle)
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
loyalty; devotion; fidelity; inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
morality; righteousness; meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
to gather; to collect; to assemble
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to have no chance (of succeeding)
at the last moment; this late in the game