all; entire; whole; altogether
management; administration; operation
postwar period; period after Second World War
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
orphan; person without friends
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
with one's life (protect, etc.); at the cost of one's life
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
opinion; intention; thought
sparkle of one's eyes; insight; discernment; penetration
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
don't you think?; indicates question
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
travelling incognito (traveling); special palanquin for carrying a daimyo or his wife incognito
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
successive generations; successive emperors
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to take over; to hand over
to pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance; to take an oath of allegiance
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
comparatively; relatively
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
three; three years of age
although I say; although one might say; although called