virtuous mind; good intentions; good will; positive mindset; bona fides; good faith
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)
please; somehow or other; one way or another
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
now; the present time; just now; another; more
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
(arch.) indicates emphasis, intention, etc.; indicates emphasis, intention, etc.
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
while; during; while; although; all; both
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
proceeding to the capital
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
mistress; kept woman; concubine
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
boss; leader; kingpin; chief; head (e.g. of a crime syndicate)
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me