having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
decapitation; decapitated head
less prominent one of a pair; less famous member (esp. of a comedy duo or group); (the one who is) not ...; the non-... one (of a pair)
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
sawing; death by sawing (i.e. as a capital punishment)
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
unnecessary; unneeded; useless; having nothing to do; unoccupied; idle
ace up one's sleeve; trump card; secret skills; secret; (arch.) left hand
famous sword; sword blade by Masamune; sake; Japanese rice wine; brand of sake from Nada region during Tenpō era (1830-1844)
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
great pair; well-oiled two-man team
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
one's heart; one's feelings; one's inner thoughts; one's mind
stipend (paid to court officials, samurai, etc.); salary; fief; (arch.) gift (given as a reward); (arch.) token of appreciation
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
summer campaign of the siege of Osaka (1615)
waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock, paper, scissors); bringing something up after the fact; revealing something afterwards; holding back until the last minute
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
to adjoin each other; to be beside one another