where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
family; members of a family
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to present; to submit; to tender; to hold out
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
court lady; lady-in-waiting
to happen to hear; to overhear
allegiance; obedience; submission
retainer; retinue; servant
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
deep-seated grudge; hatred
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant