samurai; warrior; military family
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
weather; climate; disposition; temperament
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
Bushido; samurai code of chivalry
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to employ; to hire (a servant)
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
(your) words; what you say; what you have said; a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
master; Your lordship; My lord; husband
An Affair To Remember (film)
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
retainer; retinue; servant
summoning; calling; riding; (high-quality) silk crepe (fabric)
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (often ex-convicts or vagrants); non-human
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
used to indicate respect for the listener (or reader)
store; reserve; stock; savings
collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to avenge (somebody) by striking down their killer
in the fire; in the flames; (arch.) burning (something)
face; mug; surface; cheek meat; (arch.) cheek; (arch.) cheeks
will; resolution; kindness; goodwill; gift (as a token of gratitude)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
employer's house; master's house
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes