member of shogun's council of elders
under control (e.g. of territory)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
excessive; unmerited; generous; past participle
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
how many years; how long; what year
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to look down on; to make light of
never mind!; don't worry about it
to wish to go well; to have good intentions
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
performance of one's official duties
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward; gift
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
this occasion; at this time; now
new rice field; newly developed rice field; wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
to order; to command; to appoint
surely; certainly; without doubt
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
stockpile rice (kept by the government to use as emergency provisions); reserved rice
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
emergency; unexpectedness
to need; to demand; to take; to require
foxtail millet (Setaria italica); Italian millet (also Hungarian, German)
payment for another; payment by proxy; paying in kind; paying with a substitute
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
land survey; cadastral survey
inspection; examination; checking
development; exploitation