outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
to pattern after; to liken to; to imitate
innumerable changes; infinite variety
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to divide; to separate; to share; to distribute; to distinguish
cosmic dual forces; yin and yang; sun and moon, etc.
taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
all things must pass; all worldly things are impermanent
nirvana; supreme enlightenment; death; death of Buddha
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
arrogant; haughty; stuck-up; arrogant bastard; snob
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story
highest-ranking blind court official; temple administrator; shrine administrator; administrator of a manor; (arch.) inspection; (arch.) inspector
perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously; side business; job on the side
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
east, west, south and north
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
slow, relaxed walk; stroll
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
free and easy; frank; openhearted; relaxed
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
depravity; corruption; degradation
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation