chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
reputation; public opinion
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
to swing; to wield (physically); to exercise (e.g. power, ability); to exhibit; to flourish; to prosper
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
ability; capability; skill
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
without (doing); instead of; if (it) isn't done; if (one) doesn't do ...; if not ...; unless ...
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
training; drill; practice; discipline
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
rather; sooner; preferably
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
imperial court; shogunate government; authorities; public affairs; official; government
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
to hold fast; to protect to the end
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
one's parents' home; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
sweet rice jelly; Edo-period herbal medicine (used as an antitussive and a breath freshener)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
practice; practising; training; study
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
that is to say; so that means
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain