article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
to be absorbed in; to lose oneself to; to disguise oneself as; to adorn oneself
innermost feelings; heart; motive; nature; disposition; spirit
villainous; rascally; knavish; (arch.) independent; (arch.) self-reliant
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
spy; secret agent; spying
to send; to dispatch; to see (someone) off; to escort; to bid farewell to (the departed); to say goodbye to; to spend (time)
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
alone; by oneself; on one's own
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
preliminary investigation; preliminary inquiry; preparation (for a class); going over one's lessons (in advance); studying ahead
awareness; realization; noticing
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
war; battle; match; game; competition
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
outbreak of war; starting a war
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
klop; klunk; whonk; with a heavy impact; forcibly
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
at once; immediately; right now
special; particular; extraordinary; exceptional; especial
make; manufacture; -made; made of ...; made in ...
heartless; cruel; causes and actions; results of actions in previous life
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)