to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
(historical) hereditary stipend
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
performance of one's official duties
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
thereupon; shortly thereafter
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
(United States of) America; USA
quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
older brother; elder brother
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
heir; successor; family estate; family fortune; headship of a family
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
samurai; warrior; military family
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
corridor; hallway; passageway