art of war; strategy; tactics
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
long ago; a long time ago; already
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to make one's name well known; to gain much fame
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
considerably; fairly; quite
to pause; to have a short intermission
offering a full report to a superior
beyond that point; after that
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
heir; inheritor; successor
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
Hokurikudō; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan; highway running through the Hokuriku region
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
the lower classes; the common people
to repeat; to do something over again
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
Yuuki Hideyasu (1574-1607)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
real intention; true motive; true meaning
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-