stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
boom; rage; fad; boom; cross-arm
Qin dynasty (of China; 221-207 BCE); Ch'in dynasty
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
caricaturing; turning a movie, novel, etc. into a manga; making a comic version of something
splendid horse; promoted bishop
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
honesty; sincerity; trust; reliance; (religious) faith; devotion
unexpected; unscheduled; unforeseen; unplanned
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
recent past; recent times; early modern period (from the Azuchi-Momoyama period to the end of the Edo period)
rampancy; prevalence; domination
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
truth is stranger than fiction
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
revolutionary; child of the revolution; man of revolutionary temperament
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to become clear; to be made public
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous