house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
greater-than mark (>); right angle bracket
peasant uprising (Edo period); peasants' revolt
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
official notice; notification
childhood friend; old playmate
reduction and exemption (e.g. taxes); mitigation and remission (e.g. in criminal law)
sword worn on the hip; something worn on the hip (e.g. sword, pill box, money pouch)
(historical) hereditary stipend
to be main; to be principal; to be important; to be conspicuous; to be prominent
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
Chinese poem; Chinese poetry
to make something one's own; to appropriate for oneself
harvest moon (trad. 15th day of the 8th lunar month); bright moon; full moon
the clouds look menacing; things don't look good
will or decree (esp. of shogun); emperor's wishes
becoming a lordless samurai
extremely rude (impertinent, impolite)
to arrest; to capture; to seize
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
one's last moments; hour of death
meals exchanged by parishioners and priests