twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
employer's house; master's house
internal conditions; true state of affairs
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
to be among the top five; to be one of the five best
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
important point; strategic position; key point
to entrust; to leave to a person
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
story; tale; talk; discussion
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
memory; sense; experience
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
male coming-of-age-ceremony; shaving one's eyebrows, blackening one's teeth, and wearing one's hair in the marumage style (of a newly married woman; Edo period)
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
age relationship; luck attending age
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
marriage ceremony; wedding
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
after that; afterwards; thereafter
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
postponement; deferment; adjournment
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
(present) head of a family
postwar period; period after Second World War
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal