conferment of Court ranks and decorations
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
feelings; thoughts; meaning
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; (arch.) that's right
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
descendant (usu. of a certain generation); (arch.) lineage; (arch.) pedigree; (arch.) grandchild
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
governmental position of the shogunate, responsible for the management of temples and shrines
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
bad example; bad precedent
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
to rebuild; to reconstruct
(in the) good name (of); (fine-sounding) pretext; good reputation; good name; beautiful name
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
monetary offering (to a temple or shrine); form of Edo period business tax
open; public; official; overt
dressing oneself; putting on clothes; embezzlement
to be encouraged by initial success; to get a taste for; to yearn for more
carrot (Daucus carota); Asian ginseng (Panax ginseng)
borneol (crystalline turpenoid alcohol)
monopoly; monopolization; exclusive sales rights
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
everyday necessities; daily necessities
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to fill one's own pocket by taking advantage of a position
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)