whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
the said family; the same family
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
rattan; (rattan) cane (e.g. used in wicker furniture)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
at that time; in those days
every place; various places
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
reprimand; rebuke; reproach; scolding
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)