(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
monolith; large slab of rock
admonition; remonstrance; expostulation
imprisonment; incarceration
escaping from prison; jailbreak
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
criticism; commentary; review
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
factional dispute; factional strife; rivalry between factions
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to face; to go towards; to head towards
northern part; the north (of a region)
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
to attack; to assault; to assail
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
transport; transportation
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
enemy territory; hostile place
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition