story; tale; talk; discussion
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
when it becomes; when it comes to
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to stay (at); to stop (at)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation
to plan; to plot; to attempt (e.g. suicide, murder); to undertake (e.g. business); (arch.) to stand on tip-toes
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
secret; private; surreptitious
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to be pregnant; to be with child
to accept; to receive; to agree
thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
under the orders of; by order (command)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
one's home; hometown; native place; birthplace
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
to order; to command; to appoint
Hokushin Ittō-ryū (school of swordsmanship founded by Chiba Shūsaku ca. 1820)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
bubble on the surface of water; (coming to) nothing; naught; something short-lived
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated