to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
article (in document); provision; stripe; streak; although; though
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
beginning (of writing); opening passage (sentence, paragraph, etc.); written claim; bill
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
historical materials; historical records; historical sources; archives
printed; published; noted or mentioned (in a publication)
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
historical document; archives; old manuscript; pre-Meiji era document addressed to someone in particular
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
several times (as large, over)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
small; narrow; familiar prefix; slightly; a bit
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
to attack; to assault; to assail
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
job; work; duties; trade; skill
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
Ōu (the two former provinces of Mutsu and Dewa); Tōhoku
eastern Japan (usu. east of the Chūbu region)
unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
counter for generations; epoch
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
ronin; masterless samurai
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do