secretary; councillor; councilor
wielding three swords; player who can play as pitcher, fielder and batter
nock of an arrow; forked tool used for hanging scrolls
one's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
Victoria (Seychelles); Victoria (Australia)
clear autumn water; clear fall water
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to urge; to spur on; to push on
fatal accident; deadly accident
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
wheat straw; barley straw
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
misunderstanding; misapprehension; false impression; to be mistaken; to have the wrong idea
devotion to one's family; fondness for one's family
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
108; one hundred and eight; the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions; the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai
famous sword; excellent sword
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
poor thing!; pour soul!; what a pity!
improper way (of doing); wrong way; unorthodox method; evil course; evil path; heresy
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to miss one's chance to (do something); to fail to (do what one ought to have done)
feng (male Chinese firebird)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear