to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
beside a nobleman; close aid (of a nobleman, etc.); place where a high ranking person resides; one's own city (of a shogun, lord, etc.); place under one's direct control; one's own turf
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle
to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
to be helpful; to be useful
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
Shikoku (smallest of the four main islands of Japan)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
I see; that's right; indeed
original home; birthplace; originator
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
(arch.) a weight; temple supervisor; town (of China)
(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I
addition; annexation; appendage
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various