leading figure; influential figure; mogul
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
winter campaign of the siege of Osaka (1614 CE)
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
end; close; conclusion; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
while; even though; despite
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
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
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
declaration; proclamation; announcement
labor; labour; toil; hardship
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
military forces; hosts; troops
surroundings; environs; circumference
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
to attack; to assault; to assail
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
until now; so far; up to the present
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)