management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
one's confidant; trusted friend; trusted retainer
retainer; retinue; servant
cooperation; collaboration
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
adherence (to one's beliefs) (positive nuance); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
being filled with; being full of; permeation
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
one's heart's desire; one's dearest wish
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
fourth day of the month; four days
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
a long time ago; in those days
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
servant; manservant; menial
first 10 days of the month
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
demesne; estate; private land; private property
occupant; possessor; occupier
drifting cloud; floating cloud; instability
opening (of uncultivated land)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to cut down; to chop down; to fell
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
bleaching; bleached cotton; doxxing; doxing; public humiliation (as an Edo period punishment)
(walking) stick; cane; wand
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)