one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
security guarantee (e.g. military security, network security, etc.)
very likely; very probable
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
huge rock; firmness; solidity
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
main cause; primary factor
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
first generation; founder
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543.1.31-1616.6.1), Shougun 1603-1605
descendant; posterity; offspring
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
Tokugawa Ietsugu (1709.8.8-1716.6.19), Shougun 1712-1716
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three