official business; public business
to determine whether something is right or wrong; to make something clear; to settle a matter
the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life)
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
civil administration; Bunji era (1185.8.14-1190.4.11)
wandering samurai; soldier of fortune; brigand; hermit; mountain ascetic; itinerant priest
land survey; cadastral survey
to wait and see; to sit on the fence; to be noncommittal
kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper)
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
deity; god; Amaterasu (as an enshrined deity)
innocent; not guilty; harmless
execution by tying a victim to a post and stabbing with spears; crucifixion
to drug (someone, food, drink)
Muromachi period (1333-1573)
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
Tōtōmi (former province located in the west of present-day Shizuoka Prefecture)
Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
to run away; to escape safely
Sunpu (old name for Shizuoka City)
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
to shoot or fire off an arrow
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
to not understand; to not (quite) know; to be unsure; to be unable to tell
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
to backfire; to have a harmful result
repose of a soul; ceremony for the repose of a departed soul
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands
near; nearby; not far off
this occasion; at this time; now
should do; ought to do; must do
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
lesson; discipline; example (e.g. set a bad example); revelation