plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
fortitude; firmness of character; hardihood; manliness
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
Matsudaira Hirotada (father of Ieyasu)
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
this occasion; at this time; now
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
happy event; cause for celebration; congratulations
when it becomes; when it comes to
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
tomfoolery; foolish act; nonsense; fool; idiot
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
greeting; a fine thing to say
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
Mino (former province located in the south of present-day Gifu Prefecture)