consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
(Edo-period) chief minister
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
goldfish (Carassius auratus)
lottery; lot; raffle; draw
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
flippant; frivolous; thoughtless; careless
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
district; county; district (of 2-20 50-home neighbourhoods or townships, in the ritsuryo period)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
indeed; really; truly; very much
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
to encamp; to take up a position
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind