complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)
bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price; giving out (too) readily; handing out freely; selling (oneself) short
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
wise saying; famous saying; witty remark
to parody; to make a parody of; to pun (on); to twist; to distort
Marine Corps; Royal Marines
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to write a few lines (to); to drop someone a line; to write a note (to)
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
drinking bout; merrymaking
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
Amaterasu Ōmikami (sun goddess)
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
notes; comment; remark; annotation
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; (arch.) Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
swastika (esp. counterclockwise form as a Buddhist symbol); fylfot; gammadion; swastika-shaped family crest
packed in; contained in; working at; assigned to; using ... alone (to make an argument, judgement, etc.); doing continuously
despotic government; autocracy
to vitalize (e.g. an industry); to invigorate; to energize; to establish (e.g. a company); to build up; to set up
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know
dissolution of a feudal clan by the shogunate and confiscation of its fief
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
to command; to dominate; to prevent; to obstruct; to grip; to hold
lone (isolated) force; forlorn force
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions
experimental; provisional
loyal retainer; loyal subject
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
measured amount (esp. of medicine); dosing; manner of seasoning; making adjustments based on experience; doing something by feel