tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
viceroy; governor-general
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain
very loose; slowly; leisurely
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
discernment; penetration; keen insight; your discernment; your insight; your conjecture
hurriedly; in a hurry; hastily; in haste
withdrawing from a castle
one's house; one's home; one's family
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to drop in; to go see (someone); to come to hang out
middle of the night; dead of night; midnight
drinking (sometimes esp. alcohol); drink; drinking party
raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party
secret understanding; collusion; betrayal
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
prospects of victory; chances of success
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
the bottom of one's heart
arrest; apprehension; capture
remnants of a party or a gang