to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
Izumo (former province located in the east of present-day Shimane Prefecture)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
married woman; another's wife
falling in love; attachment
handling things without making waves; taking in one's stride
worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh; klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
bathroom; (arch.) bathing; (arch.) bathing attendant (for a noble)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
writing on someone's behalf
sleeve (esp. of a kimono); pocket of sleeve; vicinity (esp. of a bridge); foot of a mountain; base of a mountain
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
like; similar to; same as
false charge; slander; defamation
to turn towards; to point
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to order; to command; to appoint
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
one's family and followers; one's whole clan
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
friendly; sociable; brittle; fragile; light
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
cheap literature; writing for amusement; light literature popular in the late Edo period
wetting; love affair; lover
clothes; garment; gown; robe; coating (e.g. glaze, batter, icing)
pointing out; identification
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to establish an emotional bond with; to reach out to; to relate to
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure