house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
after that; afterwards; thereafter
head house (family); birthplace; originator
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
efforts; exertion; endeavour; assistance; services
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
maid; female servant; hostess (in a ryokan); waitress (in a traditional restaurant); (arch.) court lady
to happen to hear; to overhear
member of shogun's council of elders
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to die; (lit.) to become earth
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
looking pale; looking unwell
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
tempura; deep-fried fish and vegetables in a light batter
to be used to eating; to become used to eating; to be accustomed to eating; to acquire a taste for
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
insolent fellow; rude fellow
you (when referring to one's equals or inferiors)
magistrate; shogunate administrator
interpreter (in the Edo period)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
to chase away; to drive away; to drive out
assistance; backing; reinforcements
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give