audience; assembly; meeting
benefit; use; good; profit; gains
deliberation; (thoughtful) consideration; to consider a matter carefully
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
dissolute priest; depraved monk; ferocious warrior monk
mediation; agency; agent; mediator; middleman; go-between
song lyrics; words of a song; libretto
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
abasement; fall; forfeiture; sinking (in people's estimation)
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
inspection; examination; checking
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
written prayer for a shrine or Buddhist temple
to thrust down; to push off
to come to (in the end); to end in; to attribute; to blame
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
conduct; behavior; behaviour
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
one's pupil; one's student; one's follower
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
government office; government agency; authorities
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
in regard to; concerning (usu. of disputes)
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
womanly; ladylike; feminine
oceanic noise; rumbling of the sea; mistpouffer
kitchen door; back door; service door; host's entrance to a tea-ceremony room
fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul