unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
suggestion; hint; implication
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
winner-takes-all (system)
inspector general; commissioner
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
dancing or jumping for joy
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to mark the end; to spell the end
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
front stage; center stage (of politics, etc.)
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)
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
at the present time; as of now; at this time
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
loss; defeat; counter for losses
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
prosperity; glory; splendour; splendor; majesty; luxury
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
public holiday; celebration (of)
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
real intention; true motive; true meaning
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)