to write down; to record; to register
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
be (that) as it may; having said that
unrelated; unconnected; without relations (esp. of a deceased person); having no surviving relatives; unrelated to the teachings of Buddha; unable to be saved by Buddha
more than ... years; -odd years
even though; despite; when
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
base (of a plant, tree, pillar, etc.); (part near the) root; roots (of one's hair); root (e.g. of a problem); source
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
already; now; no longer; not any more
system; institution; organization; organisation
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
various fiefdoms; various domains
to join forces; to cooperate
to accrete; to become whole; to come together
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
next term; next period; next version; next release
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
infant; baby; little child
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)