according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
so-and-so; who?; which people?
like a decent person; human
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
despair; desperation; abandonment
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
another thing; exception; special case
back to back; discord; feud; opposite sides of the same coin
to obey; to submit to; to serve (in the army, a prison sentence, etc.); to go into (mourning); to observe; to take (medicine, poison, etc.)
maintenance; conservatism; conservativeness; conservation
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
temporary manifestation of a Buddha (or bodhisattva, etc.) in the form of a Shinto kami
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
talented person; clever person
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
building; construction; group effort by Buddhist practitioners; group activities by a community (e.g. cleaning, etc.)
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
reading matter; reading material
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel)
price; cost; value; worth; value
nudity; stark naked; in one's bare skin; penniless
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very