to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
loss of samurai status and confiscation of territory and property (Edo-period punishment)
I Ching (ancient Chinese divination and philosophical text; one of the Five Classics of Confucianism); The Book of Changes; Yijing
divination; fortunetelling
divination (based on the Book of Changes)
revolution (change of dynasty) decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue (old Chinese political thought)
three methods of Chinese divination (Lian Shan of the Xia period, Gui Cang of the Yin period and Zhou Yi of the Zhou period)
regional trade; intra-trade