the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
engagement; betrothal; marriage contract
water that has been used to wash rice
assistant; right-hand man; subordinate; (lit.) wifely role
great awakening; great enlightening; greatly awakened person; understanding; comprehension
rowdiness; rowdy (person or event)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
valley; ravine; cleavage (breasts); slum
out of the blue; all of a sudden; without warning; unexpectedly
rise and fall (e.g. prices); fluctuation; difference (rank, grade, quality, etc.); variation
currying favour; being anxious to please; bootlicker
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
holding one's ground; defending local authority
charge; grounds; suspicion
rivalry of local warlords; a number of powerful (talented, influential) persons standing by themselves in a given field
changing one's clothes; a change of clothes
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
extremely busy; (lit.) wanting even the help of a cat
Edo shogunate (1603-1867)
returning to the service of one's master
Shiga prefecture (Kinki area)
to capitulate; to surrender; to submit to; to concede
framework (of a building); foundation; mainstay; support; supporter
bodhi; enlightenment; happiness in the next world
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
ridge on the side of a sword blade; ridged pattern
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
Palace of the Dragon King; palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)
two Deva kings; guardian gods of Buddhism who stand at the entrance of a Buddhist temple
overeagerness; rashness; forward step-out