important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
hah (derisively); pooh; pfft (of something disappearing); poof; huff; puff
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
appearance; arrival; make one's appearance
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
in comparison to; rather than
formidable enemy; strong enemy; tough enemy
very likely; very probable
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
heir; inheritor; successor
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use