stealthily; secretly; in secret
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
to emphasize; to attach importance to
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
poisoning; kill by poison
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
high-quality Japanese paper
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
(unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1; (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
Hyūga (former province located in present-day Miyazaki Prefecture); Hyūga (city)
directions; instructions; orders; command
place where one resides or is staying
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
great rival; powerful enemy; archenemy
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
doors and shoji (sliding doors with paper panes)
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
seeing one off; farewell; escort
holding on to; sticking to
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
to get angry; to lose one's temper
license; licence; certificate; permit; diploma (conferring permission to teach, etc.)
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix