place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
had better ...; had better not ...
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
the shogunate (administration)
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
goddamn idiot; moron; nitwit
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
danger; peril; hazard; risk
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter