Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty
rule; reign; peaceful times
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
great god; gracious deity; miracle-working god
job; work; duties; trade; skill
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
territory; fiefdom; feudal domain
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
on and after; from ... onward; since
vassals; retainers; followers
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
Kantō (region comprising Tokyo and surrounding prefectures); Kantō (eastern half of Japan; during the feudal era)
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain
to mind; to care; to worry
several hundred; hundreds (of)
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
dozens; scores of; decades
several million; millions (of)
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
Edo shogunate (1603-1867); Tokugawa shogunate
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to take up one's residence
Edo (shogunate capital; former name of Tokyo); Yedo
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
to excel; to surpass; to be superior; to be conspicuous (esp. forehead and eyebrows); to be prominent; to stand out
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)