(air or sea) route; course; line; run
piece of wood at front edge of entranceway floor; agarikamachi
used; second-hand; old; Middle Ages (in Japan esp. Heian period)
directly under; falling perpendicularly
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
visiting a temple for another
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
doctor practising Western medicine (during the Edo period)
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
more than ... years; -odd years
knowledge applied to evil purposes
exemplar; model; example; pattern
carefully; thoroughly; fully; deliberately
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
to go to; to visit; to call on
thank you for your continued patronage
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
origin; beginning; genesis; primeval; primordial; primitive
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
great fool; utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
hot flash; rush of blood to the head
losing initiative; being forestalled; second move (in go or shogi); moving second; rear guard
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
residence maintained by a daimyo in Edo
various fiefdoms; various domains
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku