appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
going to serve one's lord; daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
law decreeing rules for daimyo during Tokugawa shogunate
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
system; institution; organization; organisation
originally; primarily; essentially; intrinsically; proper; rightful
Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
(metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto); the centre or seat (of) (center); (government) office; fu; historical administrative unit in China, Korea and Vietnam
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
systematic implementation; institutionalization (e.g. way, method)
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
(written) application; written request; petition; written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
periodic; regular; routine
making obligatory; making compulsory
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
building lot; residential land
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
construction; establishment
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
retainer; vassal; servant
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
meaning; tenor; effect; influence; appearance; aspect
to differ; to vary; to disagree
arms; weapons (of war); armor; armour
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
(being) worth seeing; impressive
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
every person; every mouth; every entrance
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude