taking turns on duty; being on duty at a daimyo's residence in Edo or Osaka
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
indicates a question; indicates an embedded question; indicates an indirect question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to go out for a while
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
2nd day of the month; two days
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
to have a talk; to tell a story
to go; to move (towards); to move through; to travel across; to go (well, badly, etc.); to proceed; to do (in a particular way)
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
movements; sitting and standing
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
rather than; more ... than ...
rather; better; instead; if anything
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
such ... as; or some such
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
feeling; sense; impression
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo