to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
number two; second in command
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
cut end; edge (of a page, etc.); small amount; small quantity; beginning; clue
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
independence; self-reliance; independence (e.g. of a nation); freedom; separation; isolation
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
to govern; to manage; to subdue
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to join hands; to join forces; to work in cooperation; to link up; to partner with
as (for); for; in the capacity of
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
brightness; discernment; insight; eyesight; vision; nth year in the Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
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)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
establishment; settlement
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
and then; in addition to that; also; even so
last night; yesterday evening
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral