time; hour; season; time of the year
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
large stone; boulder; large group of stones (in the game of go)
being adopted into the family of one's bride
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
to attack; to assault; to assail
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
defense; defence; protection
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
chief vassal; senior statesman
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
daimyo in the Warring States period
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
Hokuriku region of Honshu (incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)
Naoe Kanetsugu (1560-1619)
Sanada Masayuki (1547-1611.7.13)
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
capitulation; surrender; submission; yield
record of war; war chronicle; commentaries of war; military history
talk; recital; narration; topic
to smile with one's whole face; to squint
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
with a complacent smile; with a smile of satisfaction
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
three days and three nights
late at night; small hours of the morning
one's best interests; one's own good
horror film; horror movie
indescribable; inexpressible
to fly into a rage; to lose one's temper; to flare up; to break out
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
reopening; resumption; restarting