interest; rights; concession
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
income; receipts; revenue
fascination; to charm; to fascinate; to mesmerize
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
the other day; some time ago; recently
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to spell; to write; to compose; to bind (e.g. documents); to patch
to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay
to concern; to be related
to harm; to cause harm to
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
certificate; certified document; (the) thumbs up; seal of approval; paper with signature of the shogun or lord
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
candidacy; standing as a candidate; bidding (to host an event, e.g. the Olympics)
burlesque; low comedy; farce
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
Hellman; Hellmann; Herman; Hermann; Herrmann
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
area under direct control (of the shogun)
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth