to take the form (of); to assume a shape
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
Toyotomi Hideyori (1593.8.29-1615.6.4)
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to start; to begin; to commence
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
to memorize; to memorise; to recite from memory
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
appeal; entreaty; request
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
(Meiji era) official responsible for court ceremonies
movement to overthrow the shogunate (mid-19th century)
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
large cloth sack; baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
to steal; to rob; to deceive; to trick; to graze (in passing); to skim; to appear and quickly disappear (a thought, a smile, etc.)
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
to share (life's) joys and sorrows (with); to share the good and the bad (with); to stick together through thick and thin
earth (color, colour); ashen; deathly pale
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to be thrilled; to be excited
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
historic; historical; traditional