madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
one's person; around one's person
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
making a person, pet, etc. wait (before being permitted to do something); postponement; putting on hold
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to take back; to recapture
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
to make a mess of it; to make a hash of it; to fail and lose face; to spread miso (e.g. on konnyaku)
imperial lands; lands blessed by the emperor's reign
to summon; to get used to call
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
kai-awase; Heian period shell-matching game; kai-awase; Heian period shell comparison game; tribadism; tribbing
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
Shima (former province located at the eastern tip of present-day Mie Prefecture)
like; similar to; same as
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to belong to; to come under; to be affiliated with; to be subject to
gambling den; gambling house
looks (esp. of a woman); features; facial appearance; facial beauty
charming; bewitching; enchanting
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
Rikuzen (former province located in parts of present-day Miyagi and Iwate prefectures)
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
to bear (a child); to be born; to produce; to yield; to be produced
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause