tatami room; tatami mat room; formal Japanese room; dinner party in a tatami room (esp. when a geisha or maiko attends)
western citadel; west wing of the Edo castle (where the heir apparent or retired shogun would live)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
drawing room; study; publishing house; writing alcove
abode (of a nobleman or emperor); Imperial chamber
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
presence (of a nobleman, the emperor, etc.); outrider (person riding horseback in the lead position of a cavalcade); My Lord; My Lady
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state; large-grained variety of adzuki bean
whole family; entire family; all over the house; throughout the house; retainer of a daimyo; feudal domain
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
this occasion; at this time; now
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
rear vassal; daimyo's retainer
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; all kinds of this
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand