(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
depressed in spirits; dispirited; disheartened; rejection
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to dethrone; to depose
to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise; to take a dig at
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap
to envy; to be envious of; to be jealous of
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to forge; to temper; to drill; to train; to discipline
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
children; sons; (lit.) children and younger brothers; young people
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
such; like that; in that way
wordly things; common customs; the world; the (common) people; secularity
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to be smeared; to be covered
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to give directions; to issue instructions