puddle of blood; pool of blood
group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (incl. ex-convicts and vagrants); non-human
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
prison gate; decapitation (of a criminal) and exposure of the head to public view (Edo-period punishment)
investigator (esp. of an accident or a crime scene); fact-finding envoy; investigating a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); investigation; investigator of a crime scene or unnatural death (Edo period); attending as an official witness to a seppuku (Edo period)
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
programme; program; plans; arrangements
nape of the neck; back of the neck; scruff of the neck
with a patting motion; lightly (tapping); (sticking) fast; firmly; sloshing (liquid); swaying
southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii)
crosscut plank; rear part of a noh stage
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
counter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles
ten (long cylindrical things)
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together); latch; lock
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side by side; to make (someone) get married; to get (someone) hitched
nail; spike; tack; rivet; brad; (pachinko) pin
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
credit; money owed on an account; bill; hanger; holder; in the process of (doing); midway through
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
discard; discarded (playing) card; (arch.) bulletin board displaying the name, age, offence, etc. of a criminal sentenced to death (Edo period)
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
punishment; judgement; judgment; decapitation
to commit a crime; to do evil
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
surrounding country; neighboring villages
5th day of the month; five days
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to worry (about); to be terribly worried (about); to be very concerned (about); to be sick with worry
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to force open; to push open
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy