immediate follower (of the shogun)
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
prefectures (of Japan); largest administrative divisions of Japan: Tokyo-to, Osaka-fu, Kyoto-fu, Hokkaido and the remaining prefectures
local governments; municipalities
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
important; having a high status; having standing; exalted; of high station
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
entry to school or university; matriculation; enrolment (in university, etc.) (enrollment)
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to read too much into things; to get wrong ideas by letting one's imagination run wild; to have a groundless suspicion
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
to be filled with grief; to be overcome with sorrow
suddenly; all of a sudden
to betray a secret; to reveal a secret
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
treatment (of a person); dealing with
strategy meeting; council of war
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
blizzard; furious snowstorm
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
sense of orientation; sense of direction
visual confirmation; sighting
stagnation; hindrance; delay
capable of anything; liable to do
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to provide; to arrange; to install