slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
heavy snow; "major snow" solar term (approx. Dec. 7)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
palanquin; litter; bier; kago
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
becoming a lordless samurai
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
urgency; exigency; emergency
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to pass (of time); to elapse
preparation; arrangements
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
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.)
Edo Castle (residence of the Shogun during the Edo period, now the site of the Tokyo Imperial Palace)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
to discuss; to talk together
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
Owari (former province located in the west of present-day Aichi Prefecture)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words