bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
in proportion to; just as much as
emperor's teacher; imperial army
endurance; perseverance; patience
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
Mt Tsukuba (in Ibaraki Pref.)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
popular will; will of the people
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
reasons; circumstances; significance; hindrance; obstruction; interference
widow and widower; lonely people
solitude; loneliness; isolation
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
people; citizens; subjects; folk
loyal retainer; loyal subject
chaste wife; faithful wife
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
real situations; personal consideration; private circumstances; favoritism; favouritism
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
all people; the whole nation