to drag down; to pull down; to force out (of power, office, role, etc.)
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
decoration; ornament; trimmings
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
to prosper; to flourish; to copulate (animals)
tremblingly; having the chills (through fear, cold, anticipation, etc.)
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
to raise one's voice; to shout
nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
to be confused; to be bewildered; to be taken aback
tabi; Japanese socks (with split toe)
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
gambling den; gambling house
Sanuki (former province located in present-day Kagawa Prefecture)
villa; daimyo's suburban residence
detour; circumvention; turning movement
cormorant fishing; cormorant fisherman
one yen; throughout (an area); whole district
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
gun; wooden pole that wrestlers strike in practice; puffer fish
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
groom; footman; steward; intendant; (arch.) head of an institution, esp. religious; (arch.) head of one institution serving also as the head of another
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
decrease; reduction; decline
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
Matsuyama (city in Ehime)
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)