daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
feudal retainer or warrior
wisdom; jnana (higher knowledge)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
somehow; for some reason or other
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
low tray of food for guests
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
cut; slice (meat, fish); fillet
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
suitable; satisfactory; desirable
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
social standing of a family; lineage; parentage; good family
betrothal; wedding; marriage into a family; adoption
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
happiness; well-being; joy; welfare; blessedness
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
matter of time; question of time
you could say; you might say; verging on the
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
comfort; consolation; diversion
how much; how many; what amount; what extent
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
haberdashery; sundries store
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting