request; favour (to ask); wish; please
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
two persons; two people; pair; couple
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
manners; courtesy; etiquette
I see; that's right; indeed
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
chief vassal; senior statesman
array; muster; line-up; full force
Suruga (former province located in the central and northern parts of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
to collect; to assemble; to gather
one large ...; a great ...
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to attack and overthrow; to utterly destroy
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
riches; wealth; resources; lottery
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate