tedious; boring; being fed up with
to be possible; to be likely; to be probable
to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
subjugation (using military force); suppression; subduing
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
this family; we; this house
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
disorderly crowd; mob; rabble
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet; Shimotsuke (former province located in present-day Tochigi Prefecture)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
commencing with; including
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
yours sincerely; respectfully yours
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
dealing with; coping with
actually; really; truly; in practice; practically
great difference; big difference; wide margin
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
extermination; annihilation
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
picturesque scenery; place of scenic beauty
colouring; coloring; colorant
overestimation; overvaluing
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes