late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
dependents; family members that one has to support; encumbrances; things that tie one down
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
personal appearance; character; personality
pots and pans; kitchen utensils
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
equinoctial week (when Buddhist services are held); Buddhist services during the equinoctial week; nirvana
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
sick person; patient; invalid
to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...
household; home; family; housekeeping
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
back street; back alley; slums
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
inside the Imperial Palace; Department of the Imperial Household
assistant vice-minister (ritsuryo system, early Meiji period)
carving; engraving; clay model; plastic art
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
fortunetelling (as an occupation)
lines of the palm; aptitude; handwriting; apt move (in a go or shogi game); standard method
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
(arch.) retainer; (arch.) attendant; Omi (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to sixth highest of eight); I; me
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
old man; venerable gentleman; venerable; old; father