optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
in good health; alive and well; going strong
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility); visiting card; name card
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
not asking (about); letting go unquestioned; disregarding; ignoring; overlooking
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
shooting on horseback; equestrian archery
mausoleum; shrine; the (imperial) court
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
division into equal parts; equal parts
using as an intermediary; through
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
gloomy; melancholy; pessimistic
to set up (in high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship
on the street; around town; the world; the public
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
deliberate; careful; thoughtful; thoughtfulness; prudence
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
permission; allowance; acceptance; tolerance; pardon
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
emperor (of Japan); mikado
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
eyesore; unpleasant sight; obstructing a view
tea-ceremony arbor; tea-ceremony arbour
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
later on; eventually; afterwards