(political) power; authority; influence
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to one's heart's content or satisfaction
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
failure; mistake; blunder
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
political measures; policy
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
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
to be of use as a reference; to be helpful
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
clumsy (work); awkward; poorly made; ugly (of a person); unattractive; plain
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
while; during; while; although; all; both
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely