promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
intentionally; deliberately; designedly; especially; particularly
hostility; animosity; enmity
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
hostile party; enemy side
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
in that way; thus; so; so?
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to bow; to worship; to receive; to see
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to feel; to sense; to experience
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
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.)
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
simmer; bubble out; flow out
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
gold (Au); golden; prosperous; money (esp. ōban coin); cash
gourd-shaped war fan; referee's fan; umpire's fan; fan-shaped emblem
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)