kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
preparation; provision; guarding
elderly woman; senior lady-in-waiting
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
polite; courteous; hospitable
to handle; to operate (a machine, etc.); to deal with (an issue); to manage; to treat (someone); to deal with (someone)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
various countries; various regions; various provinces
disorder; confusion; chaos
integration; unification; unity; combination; consolidation; synthesis
to get along; to add (one's own concordant voice, etc.)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
useless; vain; aimless; idle
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
request; invitation; privilege in criminal law given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)
agreement; stipulation; contract
to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to bestow (favour, etc.); to grant (e.g. pardon)
a wise idea; polite reference to another's consideration
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
talk; story; conversation
to respond; to satisfy; to accept; to comply with; to apply for
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)
to discuss; to talk together
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
looking at each other; postponement; suspension; interruption
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
high steward; grand master
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
to harm; to cause harm to
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out