memorial service for the dead; holding a service
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641.9.7-1680.6.4), Shougun 1651-1680
main temple building; nave
what!; oh; what the heck; what the; damn
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
latter period; second half; late stage; third trimester; second semester
fund-raising tournaments of Edo period
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
professional sumo wrestling
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
such; like that; that sort of; very
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
a Buddha; deceased person
to be attached; to be connected with; to remain imprinted; to scar; to bear (fruit, interest, etc.); to be acquired (of a habit, ability, etc.); to increase (of strength, etc.)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
now; the present time; just now; another; more
young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
Kira Kōzukenosuke (1641-1702)
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)