last night; yesterday evening
headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
treasure; precious article; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
imported to Japan by early European traders
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
inro; seal case; pill box; medicine case
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to assume the posture of praying; to press the palms and fingers of both hands together; to beg; to make a supplication; to see (something or someone of high status)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
offender; criminal; culprit
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); husband
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
slowly; unhurriedly; easily (e.g. in time); well; well (e.g. sleep); comfortably
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
have to (do, be); must (do, be); is indispensable; is absolutely necessary
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution