ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
verbal message; word (from someone)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
serious condition; critical condition
Satori; folklore monster that can read minds
lattice; counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish); handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
beheading (as the ending to a seppuku); assistance; help
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
while; during (the time when)
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to be of help; to be useful; to go toward
don't you think?; indicates question
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
saltpan; field for drying salt
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
every month; trite; commonplace; conventional
carelessly; inattentively
to live; to get along; to spend (time)