frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
centripetal force; unifying force; cohesive power
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
winner-takes-all (system)
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
Hokke (northern branch of the Fujiwara clan, Heian period)
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
without compensation; without reward; without pay; free (of charge)
same family (race, tribe)
water of life; life-giving water; distilled liquor (brandy, whisky, etc.); spirits; (arch.) semen
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
casting; founding; minting
giving up on winning a hand and discarding only safe tiles
silver nugget; silver ingot; silver bullion
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission
former; ex-; earlier times; the past; formerly; previously
fresh water; fiscal spending; government pump priming
spring water; clear (pure) water
great mountain; large mountain
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
to recover a cost; to recover an expense; to get a return on one's investment; to get one's money's worth
one eye; one of one's eyes
to be contented; to be at ease
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
to reach a situation about which nothing can be done