confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
to encamp; to take up a position
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
overwhelming victory; crushing victory; sweeping victory; landslide victory
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
military force; force of arms; strength of an army
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
casting; founding; minting
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
heating power; thermal power; firepower
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
isolation; being alone; being friendless
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
in the midst of the enemy
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing