to hang one's head; to droop one's head
invitation; introduction; temptation
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
to step firmly; to harden by treading
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
of tender years; very young
major general; rear admiral; air commodore
too terrible to look at; unbearable to look at
sycophant; apple-polisher; flatterer; sesame seed grinding
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
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
horizon (related to bodies of water)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
(arch.) fast-moving rowboat; type of fast military ship
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
pitching ability; counter for pitches
drum used in ancient warfare to signal an attack
to compete ruthlessly; (lit.) to sharpen swords
late spring; third month of the lunar calendar
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
sunlight; rays of the Sun
deploring; lamentation; regret; complaint
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
five-storied; quintuplicate; fivefold
mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being)