family positioned to accede to the shogunate
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
yawn; yawning; kanji "yawning" radical (radical 76)
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
dragon which has already ascended to the heavens
willful; wilful; selfish; carefree; do-as-you-please; freewheeling
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
very young; little; childish; immature
to bring up under one's personal care
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to give up as hopeless; to wash one's hands (of someone or something)
while it is light; before dark; while the going is good; before things get worse
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to rank next to; to come after
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
world; society; people; the public
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
fop; swell; dude; coxcomb; vain person
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
to keep watch; to stand guard
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
escape; break-out; prolapse; proptosis
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
to underrate; to make light of
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
comparing heights; comparison of statures