immediate follower (of the shogun)
going into battle; departure for the front
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
worldly affairs; everyday affairs; common cares; routine work; daily chores
in person; personally; directly
way; method; means; resource; course
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir
fighting a good fight; putting up a good fight; fighting bravely
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
moment to quit; way to quit
start; leaving; marching off
occasion; time; section (of a literary work); paragraph; season; term; principle
reconciliation; peace; rapprochement
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
rebel; insurrectionist; traitor
eyes and ears; seeing and hearing; one's attention; one's interest
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
old-fashioned (in one's way of thinking)
obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
to be undeserved; to be more than one deserves; to be more than one can handle
to have the privilege of doing
trial and tribulation; hardships; privations; difficulties
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
paper; note; document; bill
newcomer; initiate; rookie