from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of; additional post
rule; reign; government; governing
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
branch office; branch store
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
head office; main office; main shrine; this company; this shrine
company president; manager; director
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
branch manager; manager of a branch office
number one; first; best; most; game; round
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
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
station; office; guardroom
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling