regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
various matters; everything
to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to accompany; to go with; to associate with (someone); to mix with
war; battle; match; game; competition
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
hostility; antagonism; opposition
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
88 years old; (arch.) rice
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
solely; entirely; only; or
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
plane; sharpen; whittle; pare; shave (leather); scrape off
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
to hire; to lease; to requisition; to charter
making do; getting by (somehow); managing
poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
fiveleaf aralia (Acanthopanax sieboldianus)
hedge; fence; border; limit
young greens; young herbs
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
to plant; to grow; to insert; to transplant; to inoculate (e.g. an infectious agent); to instill (idea, value, etc.)