private pupil; apprentice
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
giving a lecture in the Emperor's presence; lecturing to the Emperor
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); fringe; bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); cluster (of flowers); segment (of a tangerine, etc.); section
family name; lineage; birth; clan
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
personal appearance; character; personality
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to do over; to remake; to resume
order; command; directions; instructions
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
in all; in total; collectively; in addition; besides; at the same time
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
acquaintance; appreciative friend
infancy; childhood; tender age
knowing; (an) acquaintance
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
old friend; old acquaintance
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)