| 定番 | [ていばん, teiban] (n, vs) (1) standing guard; watchman; (n) (2) watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period) #12,595 [Add to Longdo] |
| 大奥 | [おおおく, oooku] (n) (See 江戸城) inner palace (in Edo Castle); palace's ladies chambers; shogun's harem #13,456 [Add to Longdo] |
| 老中 | [ろうじゅう;ろうぢゅう, roujuu ; roudyuu] (n) member of shogun's council of elders #17,038 [Add to Longdo] |
| お膝元;お膝下;お膝許;御膝元;御膝下;御膝許;おひざ元 | [おひざもと, ohizamoto] (n) (See 膝元・ひざもと・3) home territory of a powerful figure; Imperial Court; businessman's turf; Shogun's headquarters [Add to Longdo] |
| 旗本八万騎 | [はたもとはちまんき, hatamotohachimanki] (n) (arch) (See 旗本・はたもと) the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals [Add to Longdo] |
| 御局 | [おつぼね, otsubone] (n) (arch) dignified lady-in-waiting who had her own private chamber or office at court or in the shogun's castle [Add to Longdo] |
| 御朱印;ご朱印 | [ごしゅいん, goshuin] (n) letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal [Add to Longdo] |
| 御用部屋 | [ごようべや, goyoubeya] (n) room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs [Add to Longdo] |
| 上使 | [じょうし, joushi] (n) shogun's envoy; emissary [Add to Longdo] |
