class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability; ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track
retirement; resignation; stepping down
Palos de la Frontera (Spain)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
order of chivalry; chivalric order
failure; mistake; blunder
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to appoint; to nominate; to assume (responsibility); to pose as
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
war; fighting; fierce competition
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
conferring court rank posthumously
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
treatment (of a person); dealing with