family a woman has married into
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
a little bit; a little while
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to gather; to collect; to assemble
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
long; drawn-out; very long
decapitation; decapitated head
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (1646.2.23-1709.2.19), Shougun 1680-1709
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
act of terror; act of terrorism
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
control; check; restraint; inhibition
persistent; obstinate; tenacious; relentless; insistent; importunate
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to turn towards; to point
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
revival; restoration; resuscitation
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
after that; afterwards; thereafter
choices; alternatives; options
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to disrupt; to ruin; to hinder; to thwart
to feel; to sense; to experience
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after