knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
to have one's hair stand on end
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
annotation; explanatory note; comment
lately; recently; nowadays
archery range; brothel (covering up as an archery range)
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
seller of high-quality sake; (Meiji or Taisho era) brothel
each place; various places
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
(Edo-period) roadside teahouse where one would go to relax (in comparison with a restaurant style teahouse and teahouse offering sexual services); tea stall
wafer cake filled with bean jam; (in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
pattern resembling that of arrow feathers
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
archery; mapping; map; morphism
mound on which targets are placed (in archery); firing mound
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
shooting; firing; emitting; ejection; projection; injection
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
adding; connecting; joining; drawing a forced inference; forced analogy
distortion; stretch; strained interpretation; technicality; casuistry; sophistry
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
someone with a liking or characteristic; a true representative of (place)
small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
not long has passed since ...
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
scrutiny; digging into; excavation; inquiry into; enquiry into; prying
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
arrow collector (at an archery range); collecting arrows
to die; to pass away; to enter the priesthood; to live a secluded life
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
de facto marriage; common-law marriage
lover; lady-killer; sexy guy