the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
to open (e.g. path); to clear (the way); to break up (e.g. land)
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
war; battle; match; game; competition
troop headquarters; stronghold; inn designated for use by a daimyo (Edo period)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
as a child; when one was a child
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
fair-skinned; light-complexioned
comical (story, song); comic; the comedy business (rakugo, manzai, etc.); something laughable
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
future (usually near); prospects
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
hail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm); graupel; dicing; small cubes; roasted mochi pieces (usu. flavoured with soy sauce, etc.)
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
to worry; to fret; to get anxious
sword for self-defense; sword for self-defence
chief vassal; senior statesman
to gather (bringing something); to gather (to exchange something)
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to take in one's hand; to pick up; to obtain
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
hot (thing); passionate (feelings, etc.); ardent; hot (e.g. temper); zealous; enthusiastic; intense