dried sardines (held together by a bamboo skewer or string piercing the eye sockets)
parading a criminal through town before their execution (Edo period)
wandering; jobless; unemployed
cooking rice; kitchenmaid; cook
cruel wife; termagant wife; wife from hell
capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
to play a trick; to put up a false show; to deceive someone; to put on a play; to present a play; to give a play
hot topic; talk of the town
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
glorious achievement; distinguished service
pilchard (esp. Japanese pilchard, Sardinops melanostictus); sardine
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
dullard; indecisive person
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
natural; intrinsic; from birth
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
feudal retainer or warrior
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
assessment; rating; grade; evaluation
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to blame; to find fault with
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
pledge; vow; (of a man and woman) having sexual relations; having sexual intercourse; destiny; fate
taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
one's house; one's home; one's family
although; though; despite the fact that ...
hooray; yay; whee; yowzer; whoopee; yes
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
as you see; as you can see
ancient Shinto music and dancing
to feed (e.g. an animal on oats); to let eat; to support (e.g. a family); to provide for; to inflict (damage); to deal (e.g. a blow)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of