betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
Odaiba (artificial island in Tokyo Bay)
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
immediate follower (of the shogun)
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
magnanimity; tolerance; large eyes
viceroy; governor-general
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to revere; to respect; to worship
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
addition; increase; Canada
pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
hazy; dim; faint; minced fish or meat that is seasoned and fried
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
to look forward to something
tedious; boring; being fed up with
vertical stripes; striped fabric
joint together; opposite; facing
fold; crease; lineage; pedigree; reason; logic
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan
flutter; flap; sound of something light moving in the wind
easygoing; optimistic; conceited