exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
trivial; not amounting to much; not enough to cause a problem; not as much as expected
guess; speculation; supposition
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
(turning) round and round; in circles; wrapping around; winding around
to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to turn over in one's mind; to reflect; to muse
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
history of Japan; Japanese history
Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568 CE); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
official certification; official approval; certification examination; licensing examination; hypothesis testing
unification of the whole country
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
brave general; brave warrior; courageous general
proceeding to the capital
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
Takeda Shingen (1521.12.1-1573.5.13)
Battle of Nagashino (1575)
unit; (musical) group; band
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
aroma; class; style; aromatherapy
extinction; extermination; eradication; stamping out; wiping out
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses