steel made from iron sand or black sand (used in sword blades)
weapons; arms; fighting with swords; sword fight
pennant on a boat showing wind direction; weather vane; round roof tile (for gables); remiges; flight feathers
funeral; burial rites; attendance at a funeral
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight; to exchange blows; to rally
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
rule; reign; peaceful times
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
inscription; epitaph; (manufacturer's) engraved signature; motto; maxim
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to face on; to look out on to
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
huge rock; firmness; solidity
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
bewitched sword; magical sword; demon sword
leading figure; influential figure; mogul
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
certainly; surely; definitely
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
great commander; famous commander
chief vassal; senior statesman
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
jumping to a wrong conclusion
revengeful ghost; apparition
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
curse; divine punishment; wrath (of an angry spirit)
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
to assault with a sword; to stab at; to slash at
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)