invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
to go out of turn; to send
adoption; acceptance; confiscation; midwifery; midwife
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to run into (room, building, etc.); to go for long training runs
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
being on duty; person on duty
particulars; details; specified items
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
wish; dream; prayer; one's desire
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
charming; captivating; bewitching; seductive; coquettish
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period)
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
going to bed; retiring (for the night)
gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder
scattered animal feed; ground bait
roaring; thundering; thunderous; deafening; ear-splitting
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
near oneself; close to one; familiar
flash (of light); glint; schiller
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
war; campaign; battle; (arch.) unpaid work (ritsuryo system); (arch.) forced labor