madness; madman; enthusiast; freak; junkie
he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; (lit.) tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name
eastern side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
Houjou Sadatoki (1271-1311)
zero; naught; oh; flying; leaping
deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan
undefeated record; clean record; no losses
dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing
large sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting
refined taste; elegant pursuits
explicit and implied comparisons (kinds of literary devices used in the Classic of Poetry); (arch.) interesting; (arch.) strange; (arch.) unreasonable; (arch.) unfavorable; (arch.) lowly
honest person; conscientious person
to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation
to set a ladder up against
strict observance of the Buddhist commandment that all priests should be celibate
having both wisdom and courage
Eiroku-period swordsmithing school, named for a place in the old Higo province; sword of the Dotanuki school, usually thicker and heavier than regular Japanese swords; in fiction, a heavier variant of Japanese sword
to cling tearfully to (someone)
to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)