mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
heavenly god; heavenly gods; spirit of Sugawara no Michizane; Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit); pit of a dried plum; dried plum; tenjin hairstyle
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
bachelor's life; life of a bachelor
silent; still; quiet; hushed
inside of a castle; area surrounded by castle walls
samurai; person of extensive learning; person of great culture; person of superior social standing
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
fifth day of the month; five days
banzai; hurray; something to cheer about; something worthy of celebration; giving up; throwing one's hands up
manzai; comic dialogue; two-person comedy act (usu. presented as a fast-paced dialogue, occ. presented as a skit)
occasionally; at times; the season; from time to time
itinerant entertainer or troupe
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to call; to invite; to eat; to drink; to put on; to wear; to ride
townhouse (i.e. house in the middle of a town); traditional townhouse; tradesman's house (esp. a home with a shop in front); merchant's house; merchant's family
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
Ugo (former province located in parts of present-day Akita Prefecture)
traveler's guardian deity (traveller)
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
(hand) gesture; movement of the hand
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
the Bon Festival and New Year; two great things (happening at the same time)
every (usu. with events, e.g. every weekend); each
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
fire lit at a gate for funerals, weddings and O-Bon
spirit of a deceased person