slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
(present) head of a family
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615)
Sekigahara (battle site, 1600); decisive battle; critical battle
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
feats of arms; military exploits; distinguished military service
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
concession; conciliation; compromise
oppression; suppression; pressure
political measures; policy
in the mountains; within the grounds of a temple
high-ranking samurai (Edo period); bodhisattva
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
obedience; submission; resignation
contempt; derision; slight; disdain
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
two incompatible things (or people); (going together like) oil and water
discriminatory; discriminative
winds and clouds; nature; the elements; situation; state of affairs
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
homeland; motherland; fatherland; native country
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
orphan; person without friends
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
in the midst of the enemy
valid; effective; yuko (judo)
president (of an organization); director general; governor (of a central bank); party leader (esp. LDP)
without a doubt; completely; something out of the question; something outrageous; being utterly inferior; being helpless
unexpected; unforeseen; accidental