keeping house; being confined to one's house
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
obedient; meek; docile; honest; frank; upfront (about one's feelings)
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
speech; expression; wording; language
to be able to manage somehow or another
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to infuriate one's superior; to incur the anger of one's boss; to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one; to incur the Imperial wrath; to offend the Emperor
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
pardon; remission; amnesty
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan
the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
first letter of a word; capital letter (at the start of a word or sentence); initials (of one's name)
dragon (as depicted in Western myths)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
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
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very