reception hall (esp. for visiting state dignitaries); guest house; State Guest House (esp. Akasaka palace, also guest house in Kyoto)
to stay overnight; to stop (e.g. at a hotel)
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
worry; care; anxiety; mental exhaustion
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
military family; warrior class
convention; tired tradition; old custom
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
instruction (in martial arts, performance, etc.); teaching; coaching
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
influence; clout; leverage
forcefulness of speech; influential voice
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
interference; meddling; butting in
greengrocer; fruit and vegetable shop
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
desire for improvement (in social standing, etc.); ambition to rise in the world
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
samurai; warrior; military family
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
office and rank; an official rank
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
by any chance; ten thousand to one
member of shogun's council of elders
notification (from a high to a low official)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
cloistered rule; government by cloistered emperors
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)