to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)
Miyagi prefecture (Tōhoku area)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
carrying out one's duties; ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege; territory given by one's liege; fief
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
to attack; to assault; to assail
ability; capability; skill
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
honorific/polite/humble prefix
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to pass (of time); to elapse
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
under control (e.g. of territory)
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
European countries; European nations
suppression; prohibition; ban
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)