thrift; economy; frugality
spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
rightful claimant; beneficiary; right holder
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to draw (water); to ladle; to pour (into a cup); to drink (together); to consider (feelings, the situation, etc.); to sympathize with
source of funds; resources; finances
(enervating) attraction to books or learning
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
high steward; grand master
mistress; kept woman; concubine
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to want; to seek; to request
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
professional jester; professional entertainer; comedian; buffoon
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
to content oneself with; to be resigned to (one's fate); to be contented (satisfied) with (one's lot)
round stone; pebble; boulder; coccolith
precipice; cliff; flat head
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
old age; age; old people; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) my humble self
hack; inferior horse; inferior person; incapable person
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
Echizen (former province located in parts of present-day Fukui and Gifu prefectures)
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
racking one's brains; worrying oneself; being anxious
to stop in the midst of; to leave undone
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
indeed; really; truly; very much
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
accumulation; accumulate; store