house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
modus operandi; criminal technique; trick
member of shogun's council of elders
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
vein of gold; financial connections; patron; source of money
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring