regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
government office; government agency; authorities
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
at that time; in those days
government office building
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
modernization; modernisation
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
railroad; railway; rail transport
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to take over; to hand over
postal service; post service
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
society; the world; the times
hard struggle; strenuous effort
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
nobleman's illegitimate child
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata