to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to take over; to follow
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
lamentation; grief; anguish; anxiety; illness; mourning
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
ranking equal with; comparing favourably with; comparing favorably with
fame; distinction; rise; advancement
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
traveler; traveller; stranger
existence; being; survival; to exist; to live; to survive
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
influential vassal; powerful retainer; powerful courtier
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
proposal; suggestion; motion; initiative
sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
superficial knowledge; half knowledge
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
long-handled Chinese spear; lance; weapon; arms; grip of a bow; parade float decorated with long-handled Chinese spears
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
peace; security; tranquility; tranquillity
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch