to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
failure; mistake; blunder
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits (in Japan in the 16th century); Christianity; Christian
arrival in Japan; coming to Japan; visit to Japan
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
fork; junction; parting of the ways; turning point
very good luck; excellent fortune
to draw (the winning ticket); to apply; to compare; to put (oneself in someone's position)
those (near the second person)
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
military forces; hosts; troops
3000; three thousand; many
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
June; sixth month of the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
daybreak; dawn; gray of the morning (grey); dawn (of a new age)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
address; lodgings; accommodation
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
murder of one's own lord or father
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
society; the world; the times
how; in what way; how about
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study