successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to manage a state; to govern a country
northwestern part; the northwest
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
treatment (of a person); dealing with
circulation; dissemination
to fall into ruin; to be desolated
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
future years; in (one's) later years
officers and soldiers; soldiers
field; plain; prairie; moor
to run out (e.g. of the room)
breaking off a relationship; permanent breach of friendship; rupture
beloved concubine; favourite concubine (e.g. of the shogun)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
historic; historical; traditional
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
depending on the situation; depending on circumstances
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
corporal punishment; punishment by mutilation
revision (of a rule, price, etc.); alteration; change
proclamation; promulgation
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
item; article; clause; section; point
according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
correction; revision; redressing; rectifying
legal interpretation; statutory interpretation
notes; comment; remark; annotation
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
at a stroke; with a single swoop
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
administrative organization
performance of one's official duties