Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
superstition; superstitious belief
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
one edge; one end; one side
one edge; one end; one side
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
fortunetelling; divination
fortune teller; diviner; soothsayer
miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines; medium; sorceress; shamaness
old woman; joker (card); hag; bitch
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
willow (any tree of genus Salix); weeping willow (Salix babylonica)
river; stream; River; the ... river
valuable article; valuables
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
method of treatment; cure; remedy
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
unselfish; selfless; disinterested
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
charring; something charred; traditional medicine made from charred ingredients
capable of anything; liable to do
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
woven straw mat (orig. made of wild rice leaves); beggar; (arch.) Manchurian wild rice (Zizania latifolia)
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
society; the world; the times
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...; or; either ... or
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
regret; repentance; remorse
to make narrower; to shut (an umbrella); to shrug (one's shoulders); to purse (one's lips)
such; like that; that sort of; very
wooden frame; wooden crate; wooden pallet
children's hairstyle of short untied hair; child with short untied hair; young girl working as a servant for a high-class prostitute (Edo period); (arch.) baldness; (arch.) bald head
gomasio; gomashio; roasted sesame seed and salt mixture; salt-and-pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray