fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
administration; government; administrator; governor
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
(one's) father-in-law; (one's) employer; master; principal supporter of a temple; influential temple parishioner
same; similar; (just) like; equal
as a child; when one was a child
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
being upright and cleanhanded
certainly; surely; definitely
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
to stand; to rise; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
traditional Japanese wind instrument resembling panpipes; free-reed instrument used in Japanese court music
middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
feudal lord; (arch.) mansion; (arch.) palace
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
young lord; successor of one's current lord
(present) head of a family
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
intention; idea; inclination; wish
reason; significance; cause; piece of information that one has heard; I hear that ...; it is said that ...
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
due form; official; formality
notice or order handed down from above; announcement; notification; Edo-period proclamation issued by the shogunate (or a daimyo, etc.) to the concerned parties
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)