topic of discussion; agenda
(courteous) invitation; call
one's possessions; ownership
(social) position; status
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-93)
land of the gods; Japan; China
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
hair; fur; wool; down; plumage
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
(arch.) exposure; (arch.) clarity; exoteric Buddhism; public Buddhist teachings
clothing; dressing; binding (of a book)
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
skirmish; brush (with the enemy); small fight with a military enemy; squabble; quarrel; brief argument
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp
to carry off; to run away with; to sweep away; to take entirely for oneself; to monopolize
reputation; respectability
sampling food or drink; tasting
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing