interior; inside; internal
interference; intervention; meddling
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
law; ban; prohibition; ordinance
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)
(the privilege to have) an audience (with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.); interview (with one's superior); one's debut (first) appearance; debut (of a new product, work of art, actor, etc.); trial service (of a servant)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to devise a plan; to work out a plot
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to lead someone around by the nose
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
lady's pin money (pocket money); payment to a cosmetician; cosmetic material; dowry (Edo period)
immediately; at once; instantly
Kawachi (former province located in the east of present-day Osaka Prefecture)
rooting up (weeds, etc.); eradication; rooting out; stamping out
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove