daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
(sitting) knee-to-knee; face-to-face
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
rustic; unsophisticated; provincial; hick; uncool; unstylish
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
something unrelated (to what has been discussed thus far)
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to chip (off); to shave (off); to slice (off); to dampen (e.g. enthusiasm); to discourage; to weaken
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
now that; since; so long as; because
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
exemplar; model; example; pattern
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
time (three times, each time, etc.); times