pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
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
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
endorsement; proof; note on back of the scroll
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
January; first month of the lunar calendar
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager