slander; bad-mouthing; abuse; insult; speaking ill (of)
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
for shame!; shame on you!; shame!
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
tanuki soup; raccoon-dog soup
to slurp; to sip (loudly); to sniffle; to sniff
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
banknote; bill; note; paper money
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
in this way; thus; such; uh...
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
war; battle; match; game; competition
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
Shizuoka prefecture (Chūbu area)
ruler of the whole country; person who holds the reins of government
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
central part; heart (of a city)
castle site; ruins of a castle
Mikawa (former province located in the east of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)