accident; emergency; calamity
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to think of (a far-off person, place, etc.); to cast one's mind to; to worry about; to feel anxious about
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
immense physical strength
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
Shimōsa (former province located in parts of present-day Chiba, Ibaraki, Saitama and Tokyo prefectures)
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
personal affair; one's own affair
correction; rectification; mending; repair
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to run through; to run past
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
sago cycad (Cycas revoluta); king sago palm; sago palm; Japanese sago palm
doctor to a shogun or daimyo (Edo period)
firm adherence to one's principles; chastity (of a woman)
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
bathing; washing one's body or hair; ablution; (arch.) receiving a blessing
workmanship; craftsmanship; grades; results; quality (e.g. of a crop); dealings
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
ceremonial hall (e.g. wedding, funeral); hall for ceremonies; place of ceremony
should not be; must not be
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
asking; enquiring; searching; looking for
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)