law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
weight; heavyweight boxer
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to move forward; to move on
third; tertiary; cubic (function, equation, etc.); third-order
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
slightly good luck (as a fortune telling result)
nimble; agile; quick; quick (thinking); smart; alert
star (usu. not including the Sun); planet (usu. not including Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); star (actor, player, etc.); small dot; spot; star point (in go)
place; situation; position; location
course; route; path; process; means
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
feeling of relief (for the time being); peace of mind (for now)
tea and cakes; refreshments
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
pale; pallid; bluish-white
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
conduct of business; management; acting as agent (of a land owner, house owner, etc.); being in charge (of a house, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
official notice; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) usu. to the general populace
orders; instructions; directive; command
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
town organization; town organisation; town administration
to rule; to govern; to administer
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in, and Nakanoin or Koga); three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)
(present) head of a family
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
authority; power; influence
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo