cloth; fabric; dough; batter; inherent quality; one's true character; unglazed pottery
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel; spinning a pottery wheel; gesticulating with your hands as if you were shaping ceramics on a pottery wheel
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
attaining Buddhahood; becoming a Buddha; entering Nirvana; going to heaven; resting in peace; dying (peacefully)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
Akechi Mitsuhide (1528-1582.7.2)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
beginning; outset; first; onset
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
Honnōji Incident (forced suicide of daimyo Oda Nobunaga by his samurai general Akechi Mitsuhide; June 21, 1582)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
incredible; unbelievable; terrific; impressive
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
such; this sort of; like this