straw bag; sack; bale; counter for sacks (of rice, potatoes, coal, etc.)
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
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; regarding; per; apiece
ten (long cylindrical things)
large staple driven into two pieces of wood to hold them together; clamp; cramp (metal); tie (metaphorical, e.g. something that binds two people together)
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; hot noodles in broth; proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price); in the midst of; rest
-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)
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
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
punishment; judgement; judgment
to commit a crime; to do evil
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
surrounding country; neighboring villages
fifth day of the month; five days
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
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
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
valley; ravine; glen; gorge