target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
main shrine; inner sanctuary
construction; architecture (of buildings)
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow
supreme; greatest; highest; best
natural virtue; personal virtue
to put on; to wear; to be used to wearing
to be a live-in employee; to live in; to live with
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
wealthy person; millionaire
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
woman of loose morals; lewd woman; prostitute; whore; harlot
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
Hida (city, region of Gifu Prefecture, Edo-period province)
high mountain; alpine mountain
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
large amount of money; great cost
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
condition; state (of health); appearance
several people; a few people
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
village headman (esp. in the Kansai region)
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
setting off (on a trip); departure
impossible; unlikely; improbable