the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi)
Yuuki Hideyasu (1574-1607)
everything one does; whatever one does
matchmaking; acting as a go-between
the New Year begins; the New Year starts
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
Council of Five Elders (committee of daimyo formed by Toyotomi Hideyoshi to rule Japan until his son Hideyori came of age)
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
Katou Kiyomasa (1562-1611)
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
inner part of a house (near the kitchen, living room, etc.); family matters; household affairs; personal business
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
dismantling a (historic) building and reconstructing it elsewhere
censure; criticism; blame; disparagement; vilification
it hasn't been long since
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
wakizashi; short sword worn by samurai
correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
Date Masamune (1567.9.5-1636.6.27)
all; everyone; everybody; everything
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
to promise; to abridge; to simplify; to reduce
current master; father of one's current master; minister (of government); noble; (arch.) nobleman's residence
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...