traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
going too far; going to extremes
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
to get credit; to win honor; to win honour
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
archer's left-wrist protector
riparian works; flood-control works
land survey; cadastral survey
my spouse (esp. used to refer to one's wife); my wife; my husband
dissent; disagreement; disapproval; objection; refusal
renga (early Japanese poetry form); linked verse; poetic dialogue
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
for shame!; shame on you!; shame!
(acupuncture) needle; acupuncture
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
tea-ceremony procedures; skill; dexterity; (arch.) you
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
lineage; line; unification; all (of you)
situation; developments; outcome
Settsu (former province located in the northern and central parts of present-day Osaka and the southeast of Hyogo prefectures)
Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)