merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
punishment; judgement; judgment
disinheritance; disowning
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
by myself; in person; by oneself
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
next (day, morning, etc.); following
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
second (unit of time); arc second
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to be born (with); to be born (to be); to be destined
remarkably; markedly; rapidly; sound of breaking or creaking
selection (esp. from many people for an important job position); exceptional promotion
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
Wu Hu (five tribes that migrated into China in 300-500 CE: Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)
sappanwood (Caesalpinia sappan); sappanwood dye (red in colour); layered colour (light brown on the front, dark red beneath)
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
hokora; small wayside shrine
beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life
in terms of; from the point of view of