blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
separate; special; another; separately
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
(present) head of a family
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
report to the throne; reporting to the emperor; reporting to the monarch; offering (a prayer) to the deity
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
condition of a patient; state of a disease; pathology
unable to focus on ... (due to being preoccupied with something else); unable to concentrate on ...; unable to settle down to ...
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
sick person; patient; invalid
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
trickery; wiles; finesse; Machiavellism
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
correspondence; exchange of letters
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
to call each other; to call out to one another
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
contents of a document (esp. of a letter)
to have an idea; to have a clue
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
as one likes; as one wants; as one wishes; as one hopes; as one sees fit; to one's satisfaction
cunning (acquired with age); astute; crafty; sly; wily
to keep secret; to conceal
forbidden technique; forbidden magic; taboo art
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation