plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
curiosity; inquisitiveness
front; frontage; facade; main
generation; the world; the age
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
problems caused by old people; harm to society by gerontocracy
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
Sun Tzu (Chinese military strategist, 544?-496 BCE); The Art of War (military text by Sun Tzu, 512 BC); Sun Bin Bing Fa (military text by Sun Bin)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
skilfulness; skillfulness; cleverness
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
divining sticks; counting; calculation
even so; though that may be
much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone
deceptive methods; questionable means
(arch.) to be; (arch.) to be (location); sum of money
groundless rumor (rumour)
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
to be prolonged; to drag on
monolith; large slab of rock
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
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
children and grandchildren; posterity; descendants
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
enemy territory; hostile place
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...