I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
important post; important office; key position
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (politician); change of district
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
kitchen; financial situation
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
fiery chariot (which carries the souls of sinners into hell); desperate financial situation; dire straits
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
100,000; hundred thousand
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
Sarcandra glabra (species of flowering shrub in the family Chloranthaceae); 1000 ryō (an old Japanese coin)
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to exchange; to swap; to barter; to replace; to substitute
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world