inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
explanation; interpretation
historic; historical; traditional
first generation; founder
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
power map; power structure; power relationships
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
baton (of command); order; command; direction
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
plan; policy; means; fifth principle of the Eight Principles of Yong; right upward flick
effect; efficacy; validity; potency
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
political measures; policy
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
rough (estimate, manner, etc.); crude; broad; loose; careless (work)
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
next term; next period; next version; next release
branch family; cadet family; establishing a branch family
lineage; pedigree; family line; birth
biological child; one's own child
founder; originator; pioneer
capture; takeover; hijack; skyjacking
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)