black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
nobleman's illegitimate child
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky
hard struggle; strenuous effort
society; the world; the times
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
hectic; bewildering; bustling; dizzy
postal service; post service
to take over; to hand over
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
plan; device; idea; design; contrivance; conception
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
(your) business; (your) concern; (customer's) order; official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.); arrest; capture
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
railroad; railway; rail transport
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
modernization; modernisation
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
daimyo's main Tokyo mansion
squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern