important task; important duty; important mission; heavy responsibility
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
retainer; subject; vassal; servant
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
New Year's Eve; end of the year
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to become like a different person; to have a change in personality
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
capable; able; talented; promising
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
Nabeshima Kansou (1814-1871)
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
trade; buying and selling
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)