to receive favor; to receive assistance; to receive help; to be looked after; to be taken care of; to become dependent (on)
directly; in person; firsthand
to state; to express; to say; to tell; to mention
to be sorry; to beg someone's pardon; to be much obliged; to be grateful; to be amazed; to be greatly impressed
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
translation; version (e.g. "English version")
(another's respected) father
name; given name; first name
at that time; in those days
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
young person acting like an old person; officials who helped the council of elders during the Edo period
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
at (a time or place); in; in (a situation, matter, etc.); on (a point); on the part of; under the authority of
after that; afterwards; thereafter
certain amount; some; certain person; Mr So-and-so; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
mental derangement; madness; insanity
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
scandal; impropriety; misconduct
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
to go through; to pierce; to run through (e.g. a river through a city); to pass through; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously
to have a reason; to have an excuse
going west; heading westward
to become clear; to be made public
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
one's own child; one's own children
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual singing contest between famous male and female singers on New Year's Eve; sponsored and broadcast by NHK