to name; to call by name; to mention by name
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
father-in-law (of the husband)
expulsion movement; boycott
to persuade; to prevail upon; to win a woman's heart; to win over; to talk someone into doing
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
Tsukushi (former province that was split up into Chikuzen and Chikugo)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
reply (to a letter); response; answer
rikka; formal style of ikebana
intimacy; friendship; friendly relations
proposal; offer; request; application
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
commander-in-chief; supreme commander; captain (of a team)
to speak; to talk; to argue; to manage; to dispose of; to carry through
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
the place for; the time for; the level of
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
return to secular life; secularization; secularisation
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise
previously; already; for some time; for quite a while
suppression; repression; subjugation
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline