Oki (former province located on Oki Island in present-day Shimane Prefecture); Oki (island)
(any) particular; special; particularly noteworthy; worth mentioning
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
feudal lords; barons; princes
stupefaction; stupor; unconsciousness; confusion
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
Shibata Katsuie (1522?-1583.6.14)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
heat; fever; temperature; zeal; passion
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative; producing a negative from a positive
briskly; quickly; promptly
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
bubble on surface of liquid; ephemeral; transient
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
severe criticism; sharp criticism; scathing criticism; diatribe; panning
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
rapid tide; fast tidal current; storm surges on the Pacific coast
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
recovery; undoing; recall
temporary bridge; makeshift bridge
being too late; losing one's final chance
Seta Bridge (Shiga Prefecture)
plank of a bridge; bridge plank
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
to build (a bridge) over a river