magistrate; shogunate administrator
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
word (opinion, objection)
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
sounding out; measuring the depths (of a river)
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
your visit; your presence
honour; honor; glory; privilege
(bowing and) greeting; (arch.) declining; (arch.) refusing
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
meeting (with another person)
to differ; to vary; to disagree
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
dealing fully (with); going into (issue, etc.); stepping into; alcove
calmly; quietly; gently; be quiet!
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous; outrageous
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
silence; stillness; quietness
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
self-centered; self-centred; selfish
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
shameless; infamous; disgraceful