society; public; community; social studies
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured); (another person's) wife
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
do-or-die game; crucial contest
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to watch over; to watch attentively
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
to unfold; to unroll; to open
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
useless resistance; vain struggle
to gather strength; to take heart
head-on fight; direct confrontation; head-to-head contest