saint; wise and virtuous person (esp. in Confucianism); great religious teacher; refined sake
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
to like; to love; to be fond of
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
modern person; people of today
establishment (of a business); founding
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
rude person; villain; blackguard; scoundrel; rogue; libertine
the literary world; literary circles
pair; the two; both persons; both things
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
undeveloped (area); unexplored (field of study); wild (areas); untapped area
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
principle; theory; fundamental truth
government; administration
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
(former) Eastern Bloc countries
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence
to make public; to bring to light
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom