to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
to give offense; to get on someone's nerves; to displease
blame; censure; reproof; reprimand; rebuke
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
exile; banishment; deportation
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
scholarship; scientific attainments
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
ardent; passionate; vehement
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
Yagyū Tajima no Kami Munenori (1572-1646)
Zen meditation; meditative consultation with the head abbot
pardon; remission; amnesty
Chinese "Willow" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures); eastern sea; Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); (arch.) Japan
founding a temple (on a hill-top)
counter for generations; epoch
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
one line; (a) single line; boundary; line (between things); forefront; front line
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; of course; definitely
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
to explain; to show; to demonstrate
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
in the same way; like; likewise; similarly
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
supremacy (over a nation); hegemony; domination; championship; victory
mutation; change; transition
pine torch; torchlight; firebrand; bonfire
brilliant; bright; dazzling
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean