(pent-up) anger; indignation; resentment; irritation
having no way to relieve (one's grief, mortification, etc.); unable to give vent to (one's anger)
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
irreproachable conduct; good conduct; high morals
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
indulging in every possible luxury
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
disappointment; despair; despondency; broken heart; adversity
(political) power; authority; influence
decoration; ornament; trimmings
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
easy to deal with; easily manageable; tractable; malleable
future; possible; potential; prospective
emperor; prince; princess
mistress; kept woman; concubine; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
Tokugawa shogunate (1603-1867); Edo shogunate
inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem
you could say that; that might be so
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
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)
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
much less; to say nothing of
to be broad-minded enough to associate with various types of people; to possess a capacious mind
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
millet or rice cake, roasted and hardened with starch syrup and sugar (sometimes including peanuts, soybeans, etc.)
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient