illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
bribe; money under the table
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
to struggle in the water; to sink below the surface and become unable to breathe; to (nearly) drown; to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to be addicted
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
ancestor; forefather; foremother
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
wise; sensible; well-advised; intelligent; sagacious; prudent
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
guardianship; guardian; (theatrical) assistant; prompter
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
medal of honour; medal of merit
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to make one's own; to take possession of
to dedicate; to make an offering; to supply; to store; to finish; to bring to a close; to restore (something to its place)
downward adjustment; downward revision
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
to become damp; to become moist; to become wet; to lack energy; to be in a slump; to be in low spirits