to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
7th day of the month; seven days
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
together; mutually; reciprocally; adds a nuance of solemnity or formality
important task; important role; major part (in a film, play, etc.); leading role; high-scoring combination
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
(matter) for congratulations; worthy of celebration; happy (occasion, ending, etc.); naive; too good-natured; gullible
simply; merely; only; solely
rumor; rumour; gossip; report
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
8th day of the month; eight days
only; merely; but; no more than
(high) mountain; Mount; Mt.; mountain peak
countenance; visage; (facial) features; honor (honour); face; dignity
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
gradually; slowly but steadily
effect; virtue; efficacy; impression
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
to make trouble; to make waves; to cause discord
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to know; to be aware (of); to be acquainted (with); to think; to consider; to believe
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
plan; scheme; stratagem; plot; trick
conviction; belief; confidence
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
appointment; assignment; promotion
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito); big three; top three
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
successive generations; hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara