to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
waterfall; (arch.) rapids
ceremony; matter; affair; with regard to; as for
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
surely (not); certainly (not)
note left by a dead person; suicide note; testamentary letter; posthumous work
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
unworthy (of one's father, teacher, etc.); I; me; incompetent; unskilled; (arch.) unfortunate
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
head of family; originator
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
the shogunate (administration)
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
opinion; intention; thought
reason; cause; circumstances
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
to leave a note or document behind; to leave half-written; to leave out
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
to be contented; to be at ease
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
(Edo-period) chief minister
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
member of shogun's council of elders
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
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