Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
wooden statue; wooden image; wooden idol
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor; (lit.) to touch the scale on a dragon's throat
adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns; confidant
disfavor; disfavour; disinheritance
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)
farmer; peasant; farming; country bumpkin; yokel; the common people
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
prickling; stinging; tingling
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
all green; winning hand consisting only of exclusively green tiles (green dragons and suited bamboo tiles of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 6 and 8)
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going
Formosan sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana)
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to break (into pieces); to smash; to shatter (someone's hopes, confidence, etc.); to crush; to simplify; to make easy to understand
defective item; defective product; defective merchandise
Christian name; baptismal name
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
to slay; to kill; to put to the sword
northern part; the north (of a region)
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
arrangement; handling; measures; management; discretion
Catholic; Catholicism; Catholic Church
baptism; christening; initiation (into a society, group, etc.); baptism; one's first experience of something; baptism (by fire, etc.)
padre; title for Portuguese Jesuits who came to Japan in the 16th century; Christianity; Christian
command; order; dictation; nth year in the Reiwa era (May 1, 2019-)
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)