father (esp. used in samurai families prior to the Meiji period)
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
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
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)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
inherited; family (heirloom); ancestral
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
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)
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
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 have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
postwar period; period after Second World War
hard struggle; strenuous effort
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
vigor; vigour; ardor; ardour; high spirits
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
main temple building; nave
to be saved from the fire
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
setting on fire; setting afire
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)