guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)
signs of human habitation
smoothly; with a slipping or sliding motion
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
koto (13-stringed Japanese zither); (arch.) stringed instrument; zheng (Chinese zither); guzheng
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
some people; a few people; several people
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
blind man; masseur (usu. blind)
battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest
Hikaru Genji; The Shining Genji
living a roaming life; wandering and settling in a foreign land
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
entering the priesthood; priest; man with a shaven head; bald-headed monster
imperial visit; imperial outing
Quanzhou (China); Chinchew
to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish
prosperous person; powerful person
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
friction; discord; strife
order (esp. to a number of people); command; ritual of bowing at start and end of school class
or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said
service tunnel (cables, gas, etc.)
group; bunch; crowd; group
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)
old saying; old expression; old language; ancient language; archaic word
Nagato (former province located in the west of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
punishment; penalty; execution
traditional; from ancient times; formerly
covering; protection; backing; relief