in an easy-to-understand manner; in a very kind and detailed way
dental caries; tooth decay
(so miserable that it is) painful to look at; painful to watch
leadership competition; power struggle
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
pulmonary tuberculosis (in traditional Chinese medicine)
rice reaping; rice harvesting
leaving (fleeing) the capital
Muromachi shogunate (1336-1573)
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
appears to be; apparently
internal conflict; family quarrel; domestic trouble
stinginess; miserliness; parsimony
to forget; to fail to recognize; to fail to recognise
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians; great, unifying leader
Tokushima (city, prefecture)
face; honour; honor; reputation; prestige; dignity
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
that matter; those matters
peace conference; peace negotiations
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
to fight with each other; to fight amongst yourselves
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
to be pleasure to the eye; to delight the eye; to please the eye; to feast one's eyes on
situation; developments; outcome
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
control; management; supervision
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
seal of blood; sealing with one's blood
to run away; to escape safely