buying up of goods; cornering (market)
Tosa (former province located in present-day Kochi Prefecture)
Kii (former province located in present-day Wakayama and southern Mie prefectures)
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
came; went; was (somewhere); here it comes!; there it goes!; as expected!
former years; formerly; a few years ago
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to join hands together; to join forces; to collaborate
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to be manageable; to be able to handle
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
visiting a temple for another
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
secret; private; surreptitious
merrymaking (esp. wine and women); pleasures
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
state (of affairs); situation; appearance; look(s); sign; indication
soon; before long; shortly; close (by); near; nearby
wife; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); trimmings; accompaniment; side (remark)
Buddhist memorial service
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)