hypothesis; speculation; surmise; conjecture
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
to put on flesh; to get fat; to gain weight
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
strange tale; curious report; strange report
official Confucian teacher
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
to provide; to arrange; to install
farewell address; parting words
white stone; white (go pieces)
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
elderly Confucian scholar
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
creation; founding; initiating
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
to investigate; to examine
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
prescribed; designated; appointed; fixed
already; now; no longer; not any more
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
great debt of gratitude; great obligation
withdrawing from the castle
the country; countryside; outskirts; suburbs; presence; being in attendance
provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office; public place of imperial rule
entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining; immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering
door separating the inner castle from the outer castle (Edo period)
spattering; splotching; step-by-step; little-by-little; soon; dots
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
jumping to a hasty conclusion
long, narrow strip of paper on which Japanese poems are written (vertically); tanzaku; thin rectangle
woman's handwriting; hiragana
tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
melancholy; gloom; depression
to exaggerate; to embellish (a story, rumor, etc.)
to spread (e.g. a rumor); to circulate; to disseminate
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy