minutely; in detail; with particular attention
to give directions; to issue instructions
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871)
to start using; to try out
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
kanji compound; idiom; idiomatic phrase
public name; announcing publicly; nominal
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
issuance (e.g. of a passport); issuing
several; various; divergent; conflicting; different; diverse
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
retainer's stipend; official pay; salary
person in charge of music (in a Japanese dance performance); person singing ballads (in noh); coast (esp. as seen from the water); shore; (arch.) the country; (arch.) countryside
merit system (as opposed to seniority); meritocracy; ability-ism
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
complete destruction; demolition
(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance); establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
beginning of the year; the oldest person
station; office; guardroom
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)