charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
worry; care; consideration
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
understanding; comprehension
Ardisia crenata; coralberry
nisei; second-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.); the second (e.g. Edward II); son
to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of
to roast; to parch; to toast; to boil down
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
money-making; earning money
early Japanese Christianity (from the later Muromachi period); early Japanese Christian
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
matter for congratulation (wedding, pregnancy, birth, etc.); happy event
thriving (prosperous) business; rush of business
great wealth; enormous fortune
screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)
just; fair; proper; reasonable
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
tatami room; dinner party in a tatami room with a geisha or maiko
document (of proof); certificate; paper; bond; deed
old man; venerable gentleman
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home