to torment; to harass; to tease
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
catalog; catalogue; inventory; menu
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
decorum; propriety; politeness
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
surroundings; environs; circumference
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
Tokugawa Iemitsu (1604.8.12-1651.6.8), Shougun 1623-1651
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
counter for jewels in a watch; counter for transistors, diodes, etc. in an electronic product
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
favor; favour; patronage; support; backing; recommendation
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
first generation; founder
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
domain administration (Edo period); clan administration
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
assistant; adjunct; lieutenant
to entrust; to leave to a person
the shogunate (administration)
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
political measures; policy
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
people; men and women; each person; everybody
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying