movements; manner; behaviour; farewell dinner (given by someone about to leave on a trip)
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
poor or lowly masterless samurai
link; connection; filler; stopgap (job, budget, etc.); thickener (e.g. in cooking); thickening; hedging
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
supply; provision; raising; procurement
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
to imitate; to copy; to mock; to trace; to forge
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
double track; two-track line
noted product; local specialty
shop; small store; business; firm
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
business region; marketing area; commercial sphere; trading area; region in which a business operates
sales; selling; marketing
local production for local consumption
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
abekawa mochi; rice cake with kinako
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
cumulative total; accumulated total; total up to now
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
early death; premature death; dying young
very young; little; childish; immature
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
lieutenant general; vice-shogun
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
Wuhuan (proto-Mongolic nomadic people)
funds; capital; material; basis; character; qualities
existence; possession; having; limited company
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
wet nurse; nursing mother
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
(social) class; rank; grade
court ladies of the middle rank serving in the inner palace (Heian period); female servant for a samurai family; lady-in-waiting working in the inner palace of the Edo castle (Edo period)