dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
decline and fall; ruin; downfall; collapse
in history; ever; historical
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
normal practice; proper practice
Tokugawa shogunate (i.e. the Edo shogunate, 1603-1867)
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
ober dictum; passing remark in a judgement
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
right (to do something); authority; power
(arch.) switch (long, tender shoot of a plant); switch (cane used for flogging)
Xiang Yu (aka Kou U) (232 BC-202 BC), general in the late Qin period, defeated by Liu Bang, founder of the Han Dynasty
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
this land; our country; Imperial Court
governing; administration; state policy
to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of
great man; fine figure of a man
one's long-cherished desire
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
chatteringly; wittering on; prattling on; blathering on
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
to despise; to disdain; to scorn; to hold in contempt; to look down on
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
wandering; rambling; roaming
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
to refuse; to decline; to deny
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
gidayū ballad drama (narrative accompanied by a shamisen used in the bunraku puppet theater)
Lord; Sir; state minister (under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) you (in reference to someone of lower status)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to proceed with things; to carry out; to do
nirvana; death of the Buddha
dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
I; me; oneself; (arch.) you; (arch.) prefix indicating familiarity or contempt