offering (to a shogun, emperor, daimyo, kami or Buddha)
Yamaguchi (city, prefecture)
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)
disciple; pupil; follower
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
to slip through the dragnet
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to be square; to be angular; to be formal; to be stiff; to be strict
stylish; smart; chic; (arch.) conceited; (arch.) cheeky
kouta; traditional ballad accompanied by shamisen
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband
worn-out; run-down; shabby; tattered; dilapidated
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
all present; all concerned; all of us
the whole company; the party; attendance (at a gathering); presence; banquet; dinner; troupe
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
intolerable; unbearable; irresistible; tremendous; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture); sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)
odd; strange; queer; peculiar
ought to have been; was ... right?; to do for (inferiors)