money on hand; ready money; spending money; pocket money
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
to hurt; to injure; to harm; to damage; to worry; to bother
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
collection (of fees, taxes, etc.); levy
extent to which (something) is true or false; whether or not (something) is true
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
most part; greater part; majority
inn town; post town; post-station town
land route; overland route; by land; overland
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
defense; defence; protection
conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat; something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
to govern; to manage; to subdue
alone; unaided; away from home
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to keep (a person) waiting
plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
finely chiseled (features)
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to grant (a request); to accept; to hear (a prayer); to comply with (a demand)
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
to set somebody to work in an arrogant fashion; to push somebody around; (lit.) to indicate by pointing one's chin; to chatter; to jaw; to jabber
to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for