disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
true state; actual condition; reality
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
preparation; arrangements
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
nth year in the Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace
secret; private; surreptitious
to send; to forward; to hand over (e.g. money)
whitecaps; white-crested waves; thief
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
Japanese plum (Prunus salicina); Chinese plum
Siam (former name of Thailand)
thousands; several thousand
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to present; to dedicate; to obey; to follow; to proudly bear
decapitated head of an enemy
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
imperial court; royal court
court noble; nobility; three lords and nine ministers (of the ancient Chinese government)
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to be hot on a person's heels
overturning; capsizing; overthrow (e.g. of a government)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
female court attendant; court lady
to cry and shout; to scream
grudge; complaint; reproach
taking captive; carrying away; kidnapping; kidnaping; abduction
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
ten; 10; ten years of age
too much; excessively; too