great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to gather; to collect; to assemble
disaster; accident; shipwreck; distress
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to grow up; to become an adult
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to be helpful; to be useful
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
festival; feast; carnival
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
plain wood; unfinished woodwork
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
bun (hairstyle); chignon; topknot
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
bow (weapon); archery; bow (for a violin, etc.)