good at fighting; usually wins a fight
hour of the Monkey (around 4pm, 3-5pm, or 4-6pm)
crop; yield; harvest; catch; take
Meiō era (1492.7.19-1501.2.29)
passage; fare; shipping charges
trivial; insignificant; meager; meagre; that little amount; such a small extent
to make (someone) to meet; to let (someone) meet; to expose to; to subject to
to seek a path; to find one's way
to arrest; to capture; to seize
pointed knife; logging; cutting; (beef) scraps; starting to speak; extraction (of a portion of a media file)
Buddhist temple within a Shinto shrine; temple attached to a shrine
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
aorta; (fig.) important traffic route
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
you're lying; yeah, right; liar; fibber
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
to capture; to seize; to plunder
to bring up under one's personal care
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
to live in hiding; to live as a recluse
remote mountain; mountain recesses
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
lord; nobleman; daimyō; dignitary; master
normal practice; proper practice
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
public affairs; the court; the shogun; the shogunate
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
zest for living; energy to live
to run away; to flee; to escape; to make a getaway; to skedaddle
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
(arch.) southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south); (arch.) South-East Asia; (arch.) Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies); exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style); (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm); nanban; dish prepared using chili peppers and Welsh onions
the Sheep (eighth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Ram; hour of the Sheep (around 2pm, 1-3pm, or 2-4pm); south-southwest; sixth month of the lunar calendar
contest; comparison; competition
harbour; harbor; landing place; wharf; anchorage
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
eastern country; eastern provinces; Kanto provinces
very hungry; starving; ravenous
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica)