something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
charm; talisman; tally; sign; mark; fu
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
I owe you; I owe you one; I owe you a favor
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
this; our; the ... in question; right; justice; fairness
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
decapitation; decapitated head
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
secret understanding; collusion
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; background; behind the scenes
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
great pair; well-oiled two-man team
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
be (that) as it may; having said that
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
expedition; (military) campaign; tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.); visit
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615 CE)
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell