the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
national census; door-to-door census
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
wife and children; (arch.) wife
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
employee posted away from their family
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
forcibly; against one's will
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
to instruct; to tell to do; to ask to do; to order
Chen (ancient Chinese state, approx. 1045-479 BCE); Ch'en; Chen dynasty (China, 557-589 BCE); Ch'en dynasty
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
Imperial Palace; Imperial Court
Emperor Ogimachi; Ogimachi Tenno (1517-1593 CE, reigning: 1557-1586 CE)
at first; in the beginning; originally
associate; junior; assistant; runner-up
master of the tea ceremony; person with eccentric tastes
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
small door which leads into a tea ceremony hut
area for washing one's hands and face; washroom; bathroom; toilet
stone wash basin found in Japanese gardens
thirteenth day of the month; thirteen days
sovereign power; the reins of government
proposal; offer; request; application
twenty-eighth day of the month; twenty-eight days
(nature of a) crime; (criminal) charge
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
apostasy; renunciation (e.g. of a religion); defection
the ostentation (bad taste) of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity