Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
coastal defense; coastal defence
urgent business; pressing need; imperative
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
cavalry; cavalryman; trooper
function; facility; faculty; feature
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
Britain and France; Anglo-French
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
stirring; rousing oneself
order; system; structure; set-up; organization; organisation
holding one's ground; defending local authority
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
military preparation; armaments; defenses; defences
to strive; to endeavour; to endeavor; to make an effort; to be zealous
twenty-sixth day of the month; twenty-six days
cloth (for Japanese clothes); kimono fabrics; textile; silk fabrics
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
weak constitution; ill health
verbal promise; one's word
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
twentieth day of the month; twenty days
headship of a family; family property
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities