watch-keeping; guard; lookout
counter for generations; epoch
readiness; preparedness; attitude; kanji "vapor" radical
heir; inheritor; successor
spirit of a deceased person; the Holy Ghost; the Holy Spirit
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to love greatly; to love beyond all else
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
one's later years; final years (in life)
arrangement; good offices; discretion; judgment; disposition
to die; to draw one's last breath; to breathe one's last
hired thief taker (Edo-period); private detective; private secret policeman
to stop; to prohibit; to forbid someone to do something
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
your wife; his wife; secret meeting; secrecy
it's been a long time; long time no see
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
Kazusa (former province located in the central part of present-day Chiba Prefecture)
(for the) first time; something used (worn, etc.) for the first time; new item; first of the season (crop, fruit, etc.)
changing clothes; change of clothes
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
to wear (in modern Japanese, from the shoulders down); to put on; to bear (guilt, etc.)
to master (e.g. a skill); to become accustomed to (e.g. a lifestyle); to acquire (e.g. a habit); to retain
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
mishmash; miscellany; medley; jumble; mixture; odds and ends
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
Sado (former province located on Sado Island in present-day Niigata Prefecture); Sado (island, Niigata Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
powerful local clan; local strongman
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me