surroundings; environs; circumference
tradition; legend; folklore
authority; power; influence
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
fresh off the farm; inexperienced
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
patriot devoted to the salvation of his country
stool (stood on to reach high objects); small stepladder; (fig.) stepping stone
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
brief (amount of time); short
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
other than; excluding; without
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so
robust health; able-bodied
the very image of health itself; picture of health
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
to turn towards; to point
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
yearned for; longed for; missed
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
headache inducing; vexing
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw