reaction; recoil; kick; backlash
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
method of cooking; way of cooking; cooking technique; recipe
to be too late; to be too slow
compilation (of writings); compiling; gathering
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to forget completely; to leave behind
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
Heike family; Taira family; The Tale of the Heike; chanting of the Heike Monogatari
rise and fall; ups and downs; welfare; vicissitudes
Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582.6.21)
entering the capital; entering Tokyo
apathy; lassitude; lethargy; languor
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
upper classes; high society
government service; official position; civil service
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
seating order; precedence; ranking; rank; position
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank
people; citizens; subjects; folk
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
income; earnings; revenue; proceeds; takings; receipts
average; ordinary; normal
double; twice (as much); twofold
four times (as much); quadruple; fourfold
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
defenseless; defenceless; unprotected; vulnerable
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
standard; average; typical; normal