male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
one's first campaign; one's first battle
device; instrument; vessel; container; ability; capacity
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
benevolent act; healing act
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
Eiroku era (1558.2.28-1570.4.23)
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
useless; no good; hopeless
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
exorcism rite; purification
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
offence; offense; hindrance
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
old man; venerable gentleman
to amuse oneself; to make merry
to yield oneself (to something); to devote oneself (to something); to surrender oneself (to something)
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
heartrending; desperate; hopeless; full of grief
one's person; around one's person
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
seventeenth day of the month; seventeen days
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
stronghold; citadel; headquarters
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
at a stroke; with a single swoop