beginning; outset; first; onset
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578)
originally; by nature; from the start
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
spare energy, time or money; remaining strength; reserve power; money to spare
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
looking on; remaining a spectator
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
to perceive; to understand
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
messenger; envoy; emissary
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
force (bulldoze) one's way through
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office); samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods)
(arch.) office; (arch.) official; chief; head; (Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
(social) position; status
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
even though; despite; when
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to attack; to assault; to assail
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate