to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
scarecrow; figurehead; dummy
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to do something in readiness for; to get something (needful) done
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
itinerant entertainer or troupe
Kiso valley section of the Nakasendo
makings (of); aptitude (for); groundwork; foundation
Echigo (former province located in present-day Niigata Prefecture)
"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed
to get between; to be caught in
to make (a promise); to conclude (a contract); to act as a go-between; to act as mediator; to curry favour with
to be worried; to be troubled
to loiter around; to wander about
meaning; connotation; denotation
determining a speaker's true or hidden meaning; determining a speaker's intentions from his manner of speech; (arch.) divining good or bad luck from listening to someone
creak; squeak; creaking sound
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to become rustic; to become countrified
bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink
to smoke; to smoulder; to smolder; to sputter
interior; inside; internal
wallboard; wall decoration
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
bathtub; boat with a bathtub rented to customers (Edo period)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to comb down; to smooth down
to cling to; to hold on to; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of; to possess
to reveal by washing the surface; to expose by washing away dirt, earth, etc.; to discover (by investigation); to bring to light; to start washing
compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration