to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
deadly serious; deadly earnest
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
medical diet; diet therapy; medical nutrition therapy
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
condition; state (of health); appearance
well; properly; often; how (could you); why (would you)
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
to exert oneself; to make efforts
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
to have the privilege of doing
fraud; trickery; hoax; surely; absolutely; certainly
residence; abode; dwelling
one's daily life; condition; well-being; standing and sitting; movements
sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
very; much; greatly; a lot of
main spindle; main shaft; linchpin; pivot; principal axis; main axis
moderate faction; moderates
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
relation; connection; affinity
retention; maintenance; preservation
treating someone (to food or drink); entertaining someone (as one's guest)
talk; story; conversation
to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
almost; roughly; approximately
massacre; mass slaughter; genocide; holocaust
Tenshō era (1573.7.28-1592.12.8)