coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
filial duties; devotion to one's parents
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
laws regulating expenditures; sumptuary edicts; thrift ordinance
random firing; reckless firing; excessive issue
while; during; while; although; all; both
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
civil engineering and construction
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
disorder; confusion; chaos
notables; dignitaries; illustrious families; clear; plain; obvious
to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in); to impress (a person)
that is to say; so that means
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
small number; few; minority
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
expression; presentation; representation; notation
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
troubled times; turbulent times
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to inherit; to succeed; to take over