here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
temple kitchen; monastery kitchen; quarters of a head priest (and his family)
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to reel; to wind; to turn (pages); to flip through (a book); to count (e.g. the days); to open one-by-one
principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter
ukiyo-e; ukiyoe; Edo-period woodblock print
standing figure; standing posture; dancing pose
Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)
what time; (lit.) which hour
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
needless fear; groundless apprehension; unfounded worry
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
spare time; free time; leisure time
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision
mountain stream; mountain torrent
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
hot water (esp. cold mineral spring water heated up at the right temperature for bathing)
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto)
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
Hyogo (prefecture); armory; armoury; arsenal
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
appointment (to an office); investiture; commission
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
international trade; foreign trade; overseas trade