massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
principle; aim; main purpose; central part; pillar
propagation (e.g. a religion); proselytizing; missionary work
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
extermination (esp. pests); expulsion; destruction
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
thin dōjinshi, usually featuring adult content
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
juniors dominating seniors; inferiors overthrowing their superiors; retainer supplanting his lord
free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
(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
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
domestic affairs; internal administration
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
a long way off; matter for the future; not going to happen anytime soon
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
disappear without a trace; nowhere to be seen
dispatch; despatch; transmission; informing (e.g. of opinion); sharing (thoughts, etc.); telling
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
priest soldier; warrior monk
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
enshrined deity of a subordinate shrine
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
portable shrine (carried in festivals); palanquin; buttocks; lower back
demilitarization; demilitarisation; demilitarized; demilitarised; unarmed