diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
just a minute; small quantity
unify the nation by force; (lit.) spread military force under the heavens
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life
one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
weight; body weight; importance; weight; emphasis
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
wherein; therein; thereinto
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
feeling like friends; the feeling of friendship
close; intimate; on good terms
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
recommendation; endorsement
Fujiwara Michinaga (966-1027)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
formal marriage interview; marriage meeting