dignitaries; very important persons; VIPs
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
magistrate; shogunate administrator
flying bird; soaring bird
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
trying out a new sword or blade (originally on someone, but now on soaked straw targets)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need