quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
such ... as; or some such
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to shake; to sway; to waver
to be given up; to be discontinued
that day; the very same day
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
as; because; with; due to
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
each (every) time; whenever
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
samurai; warrior; military family
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
government office; public office
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
on the occasion of; at the time of
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
tool; implement; means; furniture
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
preparation; supplying; procurement
stand; rack; support; holder; counter for machines, incl. vehicles; setting (e.g. in jewellery); level (e.g. price level)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
quantity; amount; generosity; magnanimity; pramana; (in Indian philosophy) means by which one gains accurate and valid knowledge
ostentation; show; affectation
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
majority; more than half; most (of); mostly; largely; mainly