sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
groundless rumor (rumour)
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter; seasonable rain
effect; result; worth; Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)
Shinano (former province located in present-day Nagano Prefecture and parts of Gifu Prefecture)
imperial envoy; imperial messenger
urgent report; urgent message
destination; place one stays during a trip
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
flute; fife; pipe; whistle
land near a castle; castle town
common people; ordinary people; masses
mochi; (sticky) rice cake
returning to a capital city (esp. Kyoto)
line; queue; procession; matrix
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
year-end gift; end of the year; year end