house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
retainer; retinue; servant
Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
ear (of a cereal plant); head; point (of a brush, spear, etc.); tip; crest (of a wave); scion (in grafting)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
a line; a streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident); (arch.) the same logic
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
every person; each one; everybody
beginning; outset; first; onset
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
to crouch; to stoop; to yield; to submit; to hide; to conceal oneself
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
only because ...; definitely not; certainly not; if actually
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
family; relatives; dependents; household
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
good (quality, condition, etc.); Good (grade); B
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to cease; to stop; to be over
lawlessness; injustice; wrong; outrageous; lawless; disorderly
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
(political) power; authority; influence
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
personal grudge; personal enmity