ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
beautiful woman; (a) beauty; belle; good-looker
flamboyant; extravagant; showy; attention-seeking
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
considerably; greatly; a lot
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that ...
to differ (from); to be different; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to become abnormal; to go wrong
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
difference in social standing; difference in social position
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to be silent; to say nothing
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
wedding; bridal procession; marriage into a family
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
machiya; traditional wooden townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
property; fortune; assets
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
sacrifice; victim (esp. someone killed); casualty; sacrifice (to a deity)
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
place; position; location; position; standing; status
honor; honour; prestige; dignity; honorary (e.g. president, doctorate)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
world; society; people; the public
to be common (of things or occurrences); to be commonplace; to be found everywhere
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
bad; wrong; must not (do, be); should not; useless; no good; hopeless
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside