inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
to impress; to move one's heart; to touch (a person's heart)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
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)
than; from; out of; except; but; more
state; condition; circumstances; sight; spectacle
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
reason; cause; circumstances
please; somehow or other; one way or another
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
go that far; to that extent
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end