to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
that; the matter in question
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to raise an objection; to voice an opinion different from those of others
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
appointment; assignment; promotion
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi)
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
river; stream; River; the ... river
Etchū (former province located in present-day Toyama Prefecture)
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
brigadier general; commodore
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
while; during; while; although; all; both
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
those (near the second person)
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from