plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to step forward; to step forth; to advance; to start; to embark on; to set forth on
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
shogunal vassal; direct retainer of a shogun
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)
to lose (through death) (e.g. wife, child)
suddenly; all of a sudden
to repeat; to do something over again
on countless occasions; many a time
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
hills and fields; hill and dale
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
land near a castle; castle town
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
member of an assembly; member of the Diet; member of parliament; member of Congress
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
to accept; to receive; to agree
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
change of government; regime change