to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
despotic government; autocracy
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
pardon; extenuation; borrowing; borrowing a kanji with the same pronunciation to write a similar-sounding word
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
final scene; the end; finale
desperation; struggle to the death
intensification; aggravation
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
dangerous situation; perilous position; (lit.) pile of eggs
dramatic; exciting; touching; extreme
episode; anecdote; vignette
leading actor; star; leading figure; central figure; key figure
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
king; monarch; ruler; champion
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
tree cricket (Oecanthus longicauda)
a few years ago; some years back
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
nth year in the Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7)
the next child; second child
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
on bad terms; at loggerheads
to open hostilities; to take up arms (against)
bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
various countries; various regions; various provinces
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
(logical) true; regular; 10^40; ten thousand undecillion; original; positive