to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
to have a meal; to take a meal
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
lamentable; deplorable; regrettable; sad; wretched
to exercise one's talent; to display one's ability
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt
crown prince; Prince Shōtoku
eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son
brave general; great soldier
senior; older; third-year kindergarten student
(ancient) Japan; Yamato kingdom; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture); Yamato (battleship)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
one's birth mother; one's biological mother
espionage network; intelligence network
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
nth year in the Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25)
interest; entertainment; pleasure; implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing)
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
hard to reach place; remote place
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend
to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something); to be named after
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
good or bad luck; fortune
to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict; to forecast
bad luck; ill fortune; misfortune
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
recapture; retaking; recovery; taking back
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to wither while standing; to die standing (of plants)