sharpener (of swords) and polisher (of mirrors)
clearness; clarity; skillfulness (skilfulness)
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
young master; son of a high-ranking person
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
to speak; to say; to vocalize
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
land near a castle; castle town
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to think over; to work out; (arch.) to notify (orally or in writing)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
matter of the highest priority; top priority; first priority
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to loiter around; to wander about
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai