splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
commencing with; including
chamberlain; castle keeper
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
office; official; chief; head; person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to perceive; to notice; to become aware (of); to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
probably not; probably won't; intend not to; will not; trying not to; attempting not to; whether you ... or not
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); in; within; during; while; currently (doing)
brigadier general; commodore
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
feudal lords; barons; princes
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); counter for fish, shrimp, etc.
marquis; second highest rank of the five ranks of nobility; daimyo
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
unwillingly; reluctantly; against one's will
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
even though; despite; notwithstanding
contrastive conjunction (but, however, etc.); contradictory conjunction
words; writing; ci (form of Chinese poetry); independent word
the whole nation; all the people in the land
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
tail (of an animal); cauda; tail (of a kite, etc.); tail end; tail (of a comet); slope at the foot of a mountain
to regret bitterly; to be very sorry (for); (lit.) to bite one's navel
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to gain a reputation; to make oneself famous
inari and maki sushi served together
(unfolded) thin sheet of paper; 200-character writing paper; paper money; note
questions and answers; dialogue
teasing; banter; ribbing; jest; making fun (of); poking fun (at)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)