disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
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
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
difficult to ...; hard to ...
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
on this occasion; now; in these circumstances; with this opportunity
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
powerful local clan; local strongman
(spirit of) independence and self-respect
pride; dignity; self-respect
land survey; cadastral survey
(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
surrender (fall) of a castle
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
bringing about; cause; provocation
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
misfortune; bad luck; unlucky year; critical year; (arch.) smallpox
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
mendicant priest's begging bowl; (arch.) iron helmet
to be opposite; to face each other
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
hard-to-overcome obstacle; high hurdle; (lit.) thick wall
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
phrase (verse, line); one haiku-poem
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast