serious; not joking; straight
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
how many people; a number of people
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
mistress; kept woman; concubine
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to be too numerous; to be too much
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
serious; grave; dignified; solemn
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
interior; inside; internal
interference; intervention; meddling
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
to live; to reside; to inhabit
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
that is to say; so that means
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
such; this sort of; like this
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)