notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
what kind of business; what sort of matter
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
(your, his, her) daughter
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
crowd; community; group; herd; gathering; assembly
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
thereupon; shortly thereafter
number one; first; best; most; game; round
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
half a ri (distance measure)
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much