dependability; credibility; coefficient of confidence
member of the upper house; senator
military family; warrior class
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
in-law; relative by marriage
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
restorer of a dynasty; ancestor who rejuvenated a family
three noble families (Kan'in, Kazan'in and Nakanoin or Koga); three branches of the Tokugawa family (Owari, Kii and Mito)
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
defensive measure; defense plan
poverty without selfish desire; honourable poverty (honorable); being poor yet honest
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
premature death; untimely death; dying young
distinguished family; good family; great master; expert; Meika; kuge family class ranking above Hanke and below Urinke
running errands (for someone else); errand boy; gofer; dogsbody
to cross one's mind; to spring to mind; to occur to one
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
additional fee; extra charge
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
grown man; grown woman; grown-up person; sensible person
to put into effect; to put into practice
to resort to violence; to behave violently; to use force
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
regular customer; valued client
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to count on the abacus; to calculate cost-benefit; to calculate profitability; to be guided by self-interest
contraceptive device; birth-control device
choice; selection; diagnosis; medical opinion; judgement; opinion
entirety; whole; balance (in Zen); equality
absorbent cotton; cotton wool
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
grilling (fish) with salt; broiling with salt; boiling seawater to get salt