most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
playful; mischievous; joker; prankster; scamp
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
native people; aboriginal; indigenous people
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
aggression; invasion; raid
god king; god-king; guardian deity
reigning; controlling; dictating
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
concealment; suppression; hiding
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
to gain a victory; to win
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
official history; authorized history
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital