ancestor; forefather; foremother
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
correct; proper; formal; invertible (matrix); holomorphic
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
family; relatives; dependents; household
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
a little bit; a little while
large-scale play; play with an A-list cast; big act; big charade; theatre with a government licence (Edo period)
performance (at a party or banquet, etc.); side show; entertainment
final scene; the end; finale
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
black headgear worn by yamabushi
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
imprisonment; captive; prisoner
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
not knowing one's social position; overweening; overreaching; forgetting who one is
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
sarcophagus; stone coffin
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to harm; to cause harm to
to chastise; to punish; to discipline
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
by sheer strength; by brute force
(bank) president; greenroom manager (in a theater)
kyogen performer; low-ranked house playwright (of kabuki)
prostrating oneself; kowtowing; going down on one's knees
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip of (clothes, rank, etc.); to deprive of; to divest of
to appease; to suppress; to calm
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
person who turns up at the right moment to help
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
flat part on the top of the cranium