to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
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)
other party; other side; ahead; in front; destination
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
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
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.)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
to understand; to make out
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
the whole world; the whole country; society; the public; supremacy over a nation; government of a country; having one's own way
to gain fame; to make one's name
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
professor; teaching; instruction
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
disloyal retainer; treacherous subject
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
again; once more; a second time
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
long ago; a long time ago; already