(being) about to start out; (being) about to leave; having just left; (being) on the way
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture); Noto (peninsula)
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
orpiment; gamboge; falsification; alteration
black ground; black cloth
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
bribe; money under the table
without; but if; otherwise; or else
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
meeting; rendezvous; romantic encounter; date
present; gift; to give a present or gift
Bitchū (former province located in the west of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
carving; engraving; chiselled features
eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)
medium-ranked councillor in the Department of State
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
family positioned to accede to the shogunate
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
bulging; swelling (e.g. with water); loose-fitting or baggy (clothing); bubbling; foaming
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
bump; lump; protuberance; swelling
wild ginger trefoil coat of arms of the Tokugawa clan
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
member of shogun's council of elders
tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire