supremacy; predominance; being superior to
Konchiin Suuden (Zen priest and Ieyasu's advisor)
Buddhist priest who is also an important politician
dui (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: swamp, west)
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to hint at; to intimate; to suggest; to allude to; to imply
to apply pressure (on); to bring pressure upon; to lean on
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
Empress Meishou; Meishou Tenno (1623-1696 CE, reigning: 1629-1643 CE)
Yezo (northern part of Meiji-era Japan, esp. Hokkaido, but also Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands); Edo-period realm of the Ainu (as opposed to the Japanese) comprising most of Hokkaido
northern Tohoku (usually Aomori, Iwate and Akita prefectures)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to call for somebody's participation
to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
rate; late; rating; ranking
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
exploitation; overuse; abuse
express messenger; postman; mailman; courier
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to be descended from; to inherit (a disposition, etc.) from one's ancestors
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
decisive action; carrying out; resolute enforcement; execution
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable