how; in what way; by what means
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
all; entire; whole; altogether
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
military forces; hosts; troops
when; how soon; how long until
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
until now; so far; up to the present
to govern; to manage; to subdue
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
young lord; successor of one's current lord
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
head house (family); birthplace; originator
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
to come uninvited; to crash (a party); to butt in
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
to take advantage (e.g. of a weak situation); to size up (e.g. customer when setting a high price)
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
land near a castle; castle town
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)