but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
to kick the bucket; to drop dead; to die; to be pooped; to be exhausted; to be knackered
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
possession; ownership; Tibet; Tibetan people
already; now; no longer; not any more
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
exemplar; model; example; pattern
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; together; condition; situation; -ish
to govern; to manage; to subdue
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
book; volume; this; present; main; head
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
outside daimyo; non-Tokugawa daimyo; outsider; one not included in the favored (favoured) group
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
capable; able; talented; promising
for example; for instance; e.g.
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
prime minister; premier; chancellor