god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
(religious) faith; belief; creed
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.)
sword; dagger; knife; bayonet
dedication; offering; presentation; oblation
prayer (for something); supplication
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to