to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
son of a distinguished family; son of a noble
the House of Tokugawa; the Tokugawas
babysitting; babysitter; taking care of; assisting; assistant
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
again; once more; a second time
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
coincidentally; by chance; unexpectedly; rarely; unusually; seldom
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
absolutely; positively; decidedly
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
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 torment; to harass; to tease
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
collection of waka poems; anthology; songbook