Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
(Edo-period) town magistrate
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
chief financial official (Edo period); commissioner of finance; chief treasurer; chief accountant in a daimyo's service (Muromachi period)
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
chief; leader; head; executive
existing (between); interposition; intervention; involvement
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
simply; merely; only; solely
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
order; item (of a budget revision, etc.); counter for go pieces; counter for surrounded positions (in go)
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
Qi (kingdom in China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Period of the Warring States); Ch'i
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that