food; food products; foodstuffs
national defence; national defense
maritime; marine transportation
seamanship; (the art of) navigation
military superiority; military supremacy
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); meal; food; counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery
rice bowl; tea cup; teacup
mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)
food cooked in miso; cooking in miso
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
polished rice; (uncooked) white rice
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)
wicket gate; wooden door; entrance to an entertainment venue (i.e. sumo arena, etc.)
writing vertically; vertical writing
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
archeologist; archaeologist
Common Era; CE; Christian Era; Western (Gregorian) calendar
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
uneducated; uncultured; unrefined; ignorant
to show one's true colors (colours); to expose one's faults; to give oneself away
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
turmeric (Curcuma domestica)
counter for generations; epoch
military family; warrior class