oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
certainly; surely; definitely
recovery; undoing; recall
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
close (e.g. of business); leaving (e.g. school); being outdone; compare unfavourably (with); closing price (stockmarket); sink mark (casting, moulding)
(doing something) for money; being mercenary
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to make an appearance; to show up
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)
chief retainer; daimyo's minister
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
mental derangement; madness; insanity
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
seppuku; harakiri; ritual suicide by disembowelment; seppuku as a death penalty (where the convict is decapitated by a second as they make the motions to disembowel themself; Edo period)
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
extinction; discontinuation; severance; rupture; to become extinct; to cease to exist
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
(art of) fencing; swordsmanship
young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
to name; to call; to christen; to term
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
to be talented; to be able
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon