the form of a Buddhist priest; priestly attire
establishment (of a business); founding
before the gate; in front of the gate
land near a castle; castle town
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
one breath; chug!; drink!
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
every person; every mouth; every entrance
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to step back; to walk backwards
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
to rebuke; to scold harshly
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
blind female beggar who sings or plays shamisen
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
your husband; her husband
knowing; (an) acquaintance
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
twentieth day of the month; twenty days