country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
(world of) politics; political world; political circles
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
(crop) yield; stipend (orig. assessed on the basis of a crop); salary
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
(political) power; authority; influence
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
every place; various places
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi); title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
exemption; exoneration; discharge
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide