preparation; arrangements
more than enough; more than ample; exhaustive
profiting while others fight
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
bombarding; shelling; bombardment
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to be rejuvenated; to feel young again
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
old name for part of Hyogo prefecture
of course; certainly; naturally
of established reputation; fully established; (universally) recognized; acknowledged; leading
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to happen to have on hand or in stock
samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence