friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
recitation; reciting from memory
questions and answers; dialogue
of course; certainly; naturally
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
doing a job; riding and sweating up a horse
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room; small room esp. for assignations
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
similarly; same (idea); same (name)
Keichō campaign (1597-98; incl. the second Japanese invasion of Korea in 1597)
ancestor; forefather; originator; pioneer; grandfather
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
to rule; to govern; to administer
generation after generation; (for) generations to come
battlefield; battleground
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
employer's house; master's house
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
merits; distinguished services
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh