taking one's lover to a hotel
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
on bargain sale; rising in popularity; up-and-coming; budding
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
lightning; thunder; thunderbolt
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
to sulk; to be peevish; to run away from home
accredited master (of a performing art); being famous; being popular; famous person
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
exorcism rite; purification
quick-tempered; having little patience; impatient
to gesture to come closer; to beckon; to call; to summon
to escape death; to be saved from death
green youth; immature youth; novice; greenhorn
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
ankle; malleolus; ankle bone
tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one); tattooing
moron; idiot; stupid person
ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck; something strange or suspicious; idiot; fool; noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
as likely as not; 50-50; even match; tie
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
frail; having a weak constitution; being in poor health
holly olive (Osmanthus heterophyllus); false holly; holly; spotnape ponyfish (Leiognathus nuchalis)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
every evening; every night