jpdb beta

Mitsunari

1

Ookurakyounotsubone

2

Kyougoku Takatsugu

3

Garasha

3

Mouri Terumoto

1

to send an army; to send soldiers; to dispatch troops

1

Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)

1

Oichinokata

1

falsehood; lie

1

official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period); titled lady (legal wife of an important official); government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods); clerk working for large temples and shrines

3

to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk

1

rule over the whole country

1

fateful; decisive (e.g. war)

1

Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)

2

place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

4

Sanada Yukimura

3

you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)

1

hand-copied sutras; copying of a sutra

2

be careful about fire; watch out for fire

3

strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously

1

outer citadel

1

Kyoto

1

water transportation

1

western army (e.g. in a civil war); Western Army (Battle of Sekigahara)

1

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

2

Tadakatsu

1

to raise an army

1

to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with

1

castle garrison

1

peace conference; peace negotiations

3

beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

1

all; everyone; everybody; everything

1

military fame

1

surely

1

Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

1

to bend a bow; to shoot an arrow; to rise up against; to rebel against

1

hokora; small wayside shrine

1

go for it; heave; ugh

8

rather; sooner; preferably

1

to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ...; it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that; on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision

1

to be contented; to be at ease

1

our side; we

1

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)

1

raising an army

2

according to plan; as planned; on target

1

important point; strategic position; key point

1

ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems

1

to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

1

sound of a gun; roar of cannon

3

current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence

1