family positioned to accede to the shogunate
personal (employee); employed; retained
to know (someone); to think; to believe
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Confucian scholar; Confucianist
all; entire; whole; altogether
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
departure; leaving; setting off
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
(Japanese) rice cracker; senbei
selection; sorting; culling; screening; triage
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
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)
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante); forty-five degree angle
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
pride (in one's achievements, possessions, etc.); self-praise; boast
to stick it out (until the end)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well; nagamochi; large oblong chest (for clothing, personal effects, etc.)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
oh; oh my; oh dear; well, ...; er ...; why, ...
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
surrounding country; neighboring villages
regular customer; valued client
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
yes; that is correct; um; errr; huh?; grrr
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
(very) patient; persevering
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty